Beijing: The United States and China are talking past each other on key issues, said a U.S. lawmaker leading a bipartisan congressional delegation to Beijing on Tuesday. We’re still sort of talking past each other,” Smith said Tuesday. The visit angered Beijing, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own territory, to be annexed by force if necessary. China and the U.S. restored military dialogue in November 2023 after a rare meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and then-U.S. President Joe Biden. President Donald Trump said he would meet with Xi at a regional summit in South Korea in late October and visit China in the “early part of next year,” following a lengthy phone call between the two on Friday.