Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi instructed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the United States is sending “very wrong, dangerous signals” on Taiwan.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi throughout the 77th United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan, New York City. (Photo: Reuters)
The United States is sending “very wrong, dangerous signals” on Taiwan, and the extra rampant Taiwan independence actions are the much less seemingly a peaceable settlement will probably be, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi instructed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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The United States is making an attempt to undermine China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity over Taiwan, Wang instructed Blinken on Friday in New York, based on a learn out from his ministry on Saturday.
US President Joe Biden, on Monday, had stated that American troops would defend Taiwan in case of a Chinese invasion.
Asked in a CBS interview if US forces would defend the democratically ruled island if the People’s Liberation Army mounts an “unprecedented attack”, Biden replied with an unequivocal “yes”.
Biden was doubling down on his assertion made in Japan earlier this 12 months, when he stated the US would intervene militarily if China attacked Taiwan.
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