Biden says he and China's Xi agree to abide by Taiwan agreement

WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he has spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping about Taiwan and they agreed to abide by the "Taiwan agreement", as tensions have ratcheted up between Taipei and Beijing.

"I've spoken with Xi about Taiwan. We agree ... we'll abide by the Taiwan agreement," he said. "We made it clear that I don't think he should be doing anything other than abiding by the agreement."

The first thought that sprang into mind was Neville Chamberlain hopping off a plane brandishing a piece of paper and declaring "Peace for our time" - sincerely hope that I'm way off the mark.