BEIJING: China threatened to retaliate on Wednesday (Mar 29) if United States House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen during her planned transit of the US next month, saying that any such move would be a 'provocation'. China, which claims democratically ruled Taiwan as its own terr
The US says that such transits by Taiwanese presidents are routine and that China should not use Tsai's trip to take any aggressive moves against Taiwan.
Taiwanese presidents routinely pass through the United States while visiting diplomatic allies in Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific, which, although not official visits, are often used by both sides for high-level meetings. China says that both it and Taiwan belong to"one China" and that as a Chinese province, the island has no right to any sort of state-to-state ties.
Taiwan's government strongly rejects China's sovereignty claims, and while Tsai has repeatedly offered talks with Beijing, she has also said that only Taiwan's people can decide their future.Source: Reuters/kg
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