According to the article, the Chinese leader told the US president at a meeting attended by American and Chinese officials that Beijing favors peaceful, not forceful, reintegration of the island.
Additionally, Xi Jinping denied the claims made by the US military that China plans to "invade" Taiwan in 2025 or 2027.
Officials familiar with the content of the conversation between Biden and Xi Jinping characterized the Chinese leader as "sharp and outspoken but not confrontational," NBC wrote.
Official relations between China's central government and its island province broke down in 1949 after the defeated Kuomintang forces led by Chiang Kai-shek moved to Taiwan during the civil war with the Communist Party of China.
The strain between mainland China and Taiwan, as well as foreign collaboration with Taiwan, intensified following a visit to the island by then-US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in early August 2022.
China denounced Pelosi's visit, interpreting it as an endorsement of separatist movements, and responded by conducting extensive military drills near Taiwan.
Additionally, the situation has been further aggravated by the United States' frequent dispatch of warships and reconnaissance aircraft to the Taiwan Strait. Beijing has criticized these actions as provocative and labels the US as "a security risk creator in the region."