China blames the US-Taiwan meeting, blood ‘decided’ response | World news
China’s foreign ministry on Thursday condemned the meeting between US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in California, Xinhua media reported.
Tsai met with a delegation of US politicians from the Republican and Democratic parties during a stop in the United States on Thursday after visiting Guatemala and Belize, two groups of Taipei’s dwindling number of official friends.
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“In response to the serious wrongdoing of cooperation between the United States and Taiwan, China will take decisive and effective measures to protect national sovereignty and regional stability,” the agency said in a statement published by Xinhua. .
Beijing claims Taiwan as its own territory and balks at any official contact Taipei has with other countries.
China has vowed to get it one day, by force if necessary.
Wednesday’s meeting “does not contradict the one-China principle,” the ministry said, referring to a policy that the United States has formally accepted for decades.
“The Taiwan question is at the core of China’s core interests and the main red line that must not be crossed in China-US relations,” the ministry added.
The Ministry of National Security also condemned Tsai and the McCarthy meeting, Xinhua reported.
“We oppose all forms of official interaction between the United States and Taiwan and any visit by the Taiwanese leadership to the United States in any name or under any pretext,” the agency said in a statement, according to Xinhua.
“(The People’s Liberation Army) will protect China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait,” the ministry added.
