to double its numbers in the last decade. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the two leaders both issued warnings about taiwan, which has once again emerged as a key point of tension, following reports of a possible visit there by the us house speaker nancy pelosi. although the visit hasn t been confirmed, mr biden told xi jinping, that washington strongly opposed any unilateral moves that would change the island s status, or undermine stability across the taiwan straits. president xi said: those who play with fire will only get burned. joe biden responded to that with on taiwan, the us policy has not changed. let s speak now to craig singleton, a national security expert, and former us diplomat, who s a senior china fellow at the foundation for the defense of democracies. thank you forjoining here on bbc world news. it was something of a marat
president xi said: those who play with fire will only get burned. joe biden responded to that with on taiwan, the us policy has not changed. let s speak now to craig singleton, a national security expert, and former us diplomat, who s a senior china fellow at the foundation for the defense of democracies. thank you forjoining here on bbc world news. it was something of a marathon conversation by all accounts, two hours and 17 minutes. do we take it from this that the biden administration didn t exact leak condone the prospect of nancy pelosi s make visit to taiwan? . ~ of nancy pelosi s make visit to taiwan? ., ~ , ., of nancy pelosi s make visit to taiwan? ., ~ i. ., ., taiwan? thank you for having me. taiwan? thank you for having me- would taiwan? thank you for having me. would say taiwan? thank you for having me. would say overall- taiwan? thank you for having me. would say overall the . taiwan? thank you for having | me. would say overall the call went about as well as the