China’s foreign ministry said it was suspending climate talks with the US, as well as cooperation on cross-border crime prevention and the repatriation of illegal immigrants, among eight specific measures it announced.
Beijing announced today that suspends cooperation with the US in a number of areas, such as dialogue between high-ranking military officersin retaliation for the visit this week by the speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan.
China’s Foreign Ministry said it was suspending climate talks with the US, as well as cooperation on prevention of cross-border crime and the repatriation of irregular migrantsamong the eight specific measures he announced.
Earlier, China decided to impose sanctions against the speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and her immediate family in retaliation for her “vicious” and “provocative” actions, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced today.
“Despite China’s serious concerns and strong objection, Pelosi insisted on visiting Taiwan, strongly interfering in China’s internal affairs, undermining China’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity, trampling on the one-China principle, and threatening peace and stability. stability in the Taiwan Strait“, a representative of the ministry pointed out in a statement.
In fact, Chinese missiles flew over Taiwan during large-scale military exercises in reaction to Pelosi’s visit, Chinese state media reported today.
Pelosi drew the ire of Beijing by traveling to the island, where she spent the night Tuesday into Wednesday. She is the highest-ranking US official to travel to Taiwan in 25 years.
China, which considers Taiwan an integral part of its territory, launched the largest military training exercises in its history around the island in six sectors on Thursday in retaliation.
China’s military and government have yet to officially confirm the missile overflights during the high schools, while Taiwanese authorities also refuse to confirm.
The Chinese ambassador was summoned by the White House
The White House summoned China’s ambassador in Washington Jin Gang to denounce the escalation of tension against Taiwan and to reiterate that the United States does not seek to provoke a crisis in the region, according to a Washington Post report.
“Following China’s actions overnight, we summoned Ambassador Qin Gang to the White House to protest China’s provocative actions“, said the spokesman of the White House John Kirby in the Washington Post.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently announced that Beijing decided to impose sanctions against the president of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and her immediate family responding to her “malicious” and “provocative” actions.
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