{"id":5554,"date":"2023-04-06T15:33:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T15:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=5554"},"modified":"2023-04-06T15:33:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T15:33:37","slug":"china-promises-forceful-actions-after-us-taiwan-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/asia\/asia-pacific\/china\/china-promises-forceful-actions-after-us-taiwan-meeting\/2023\/04\/06\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"China promises \u2018forceful\u2019 actions after US-Taiwan meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

TAIPEI,<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> (AP)<\/span> –<\/span>\u00a0China<\/span> vowed<\/span> to<\/span> retaliate<\/span> against<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> on<\/span> Thursday<\/span> after<\/span> a<\/span> meeting<\/span> between<\/span> the<\/span> speaker<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> US<\/span> House<\/span> of<\/span> Representatives<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> island’s<\/span> president,<\/span> saying<\/span> the<\/span> US<\/span> was<\/span> on<\/span> a<\/span> “wrong<\/span> and<\/span> dangerous<\/span> path.”<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Spokesman<\/span> Kevin<\/span> McCarthy<\/span> welcomed<\/span> Taiwan’s<\/span> President<\/span> Tsai<\/span> Ing-wen<\/span> on<\/span> Wednesday<\/span> with<\/span> a<\/span> bipartisan<\/span> delegation<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> dozen<\/span> US<\/span> lawmakers<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> demonstration<\/span> of<\/span> US<\/span> support<\/span> for<\/span> an<\/span> autonomous<\/span> island<\/span> China<\/span> claims<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> its<\/span> own.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Biden<\/span> administration<\/span> insists<\/span> there<\/span> is<\/span> nothing<\/span> provocative<\/span> about<\/span> Tsai’s<\/span> visit.<\/span> But<\/span> US-China<\/span> relations<\/span> are<\/span> at<\/span> an<\/span> all-time<\/span> low,<\/span> and<\/span> US<\/span> support<\/span> for<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> has<\/span> become<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> main<\/span> differences<\/span> between<\/span> the<\/span> two<\/span> powers.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>But<\/span> the<\/span> official<\/span> trappings<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> conference<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> senior<\/span> ranks<\/span> of<\/span> some<\/span> elected<\/span> officials<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> parliamentary<\/span> delegation<\/span> could<\/span> cause<\/span> China<\/span> to<\/span> see<\/span> it<\/span> as<\/span> an<\/span> escalation.<\/span> Since<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> severed<\/span> diplomatic<\/span> ties<\/span> with<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> in<\/span> 1979,<\/span> no<\/span> speaker<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> is<\/span> known<\/span> to<\/span> have<\/span> met<\/span> with<\/span> a<\/span> Taiwanese<\/span> president.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u201cWe<\/span> find<\/span> ourselves<\/span> once<\/span> again<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> world<\/span> where<\/span> democracy<\/span> is<\/span> threatened<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> urgency<\/span> to<\/span> keep<\/span> freedom<\/span> burning<\/span> cannot<\/span> be<\/span> underestimated.<\/span> McCall<\/span> was<\/span> less<\/span> cautious<\/span> when<\/span> he<\/span> arrived<\/span> in<\/span> Taiwan.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>“In<\/span> my<\/span> opinion,<\/span> being<\/span> here<\/span> signals<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> to<\/span> support<\/span> Taiwan,<\/span> to<\/span> strengthen<\/span> Taiwan,<\/span> and<\/span> to<\/span> signal<\/span> the<\/span> CCP<\/span> to<\/span> reconsider<\/span> aggression<\/span> against<\/span> Taiwan,”<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> group<\/span> is<\/span> scheduled<\/span> to<\/span> meet<\/span> with<\/span> President<\/span> Tsai<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday<\/span> to<\/span> discuss<\/span> arms<\/span> shipments<\/span> to<\/span> Taiwan,<\/span> much<\/span> of<\/span> which<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> delayed,<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> cut<\/span> diplomatic<\/span> ties<\/span> with<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> in<\/span> her<\/span> 1979<\/span> and<\/span> formally<\/span> established<\/span> diplomatic<\/span> ties<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> Beijing<\/span> government.<\/span> As<\/span> part<\/span> of<\/span> China’s<\/span> acknowledgment,<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> has<\/span> agreed<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> “one<\/span> China”<\/span> policy,<\/span> recognizes<\/span> China’s<\/span> claims<\/span> to<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> but<\/span> does<\/span> not<\/span> support<\/span> China’s<\/span> claims,<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> remains<\/span> a<\/span> major<\/span> provider<\/span> of<\/span> military<\/span> and<\/span> defense<\/span> support<\/span> to<\/span> Taiwan.<\/span> is.<\/span> Washington<\/span> has<\/span> also<\/span> followed<\/span> a<\/span> policy<\/span> of<\/span> strategic<\/span> ambiguity<\/span> by<\/span> not<\/span> explicitly<\/span> stating<\/span> whether<\/span> it<\/span> will<\/span> support<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> conflict<\/span> with<\/span> China.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>In<\/span> Taiwan,<\/span> Tsai’s<\/span> visit<\/span> received<\/span> little<\/span> attention,<\/span> though<\/span> his<\/span> fellow<\/span> politicians<\/span> listened<\/span> intently.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Ko<\/span> Wenji,<\/span> a<\/span> former<\/span> mayor<\/span> of<\/span> Taipei<\/span> City<\/span> and<\/span> believed<\/span> to<\/span> have<\/span> presidential<\/span> ambitions,<\/span> said<\/span> he<\/span> welcomed<\/span> exchanges<\/span> between<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> and<\/span> international<\/span> leaders.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cTaiwan<\/span> wants<\/span> a<\/span> larger<\/span> space<\/span> to<\/span> operate<\/span> globally,<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> mainland<\/span> should<\/span> not<\/span> be<\/span> upset<\/span> about<\/span> it.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Kuomintang<\/span> opposition<\/span> lawmaker<\/span> Johnny<\/span> Chen<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> meeting<\/span> between<\/span> Tsai<\/span> and<\/span> McCarthy<\/span> fell<\/span> within<\/span> the<\/span> scope<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> “One<\/span> China”<\/span> policy.<\/span> This<\/span> means<\/span> that<\/span> while<\/span> Congress<\/span> is<\/span> relatively<\/span> free<\/span> to<\/span> support<\/span> Taiwan,<\/span> the<\/span> White<\/span> House<\/span> said<\/span> local<\/span> media<\/span> is<\/span> more<\/span> restricted.<\/span> In<\/span> August,<\/span> then-House<\/span> Speaker<\/span> Nancy<\/span> Pelosi<\/span> traveled<\/span> to<\/span> Taiwan<\/span> to<\/span> meet<\/span> President<\/span> Tsai.<\/span> China<\/span> responded<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> largest<\/span> live-fire<\/span> drill<\/span> in<\/span> decades,<\/span> including<\/span> firing<\/span> missiles<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> island.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Taiwan<\/span> and<\/span> China<\/span> separated<\/span> after<\/span> her<\/span> civil<\/span> war<\/span> in<\/span> 1949<\/span> and<\/span> are<\/span> linked<\/span> by<\/span> billions<\/span> of<\/span> dollars<\/span> in<\/span> trade<\/span> and<\/span> investment,<\/span> but<\/span> no<\/span> formal<\/span> relationship.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) –\u00a0China vowed to retaliate against Taiwan on Thursday after a meeting between the speaker of the US House of Representatives and the island’s president, saying the US was on a “wrong and dangerous path.” Spokesman Kevin McCarthy welcomed Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday with a bipartisan delegation of a dozen US […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[2425,24,276,280,2400,2409,2443],"tags":[3394,152,3395,1309,3396,1536,3397,2219,3398,3112,3399,3113,3400,3115,3401,3116,3402,3118,3119,3120,3121,3391,3392,3393],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/chnatawan.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5557,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5554\/revisions\/5557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}