If the United States insists on playing the Taiwan card and goes "further and further down the wrong path, it will certainly bring the situation to a dangerous point ": is the warning of Yang Jiechi, head of Chinese Communist Party diplomacy, in the phone call had yesterday with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
Yang said Washington should understand the situation and that " China will certainly take decisive action to safeguard its sovereignty and security interests ."
The United States "has adopted wrong narratives and actions that interfere with Chinese domestic politics and are detrimental to China's interests," the Chinese Foreign Ministry added to the harsh report.
In the sights of Beijing, in addition to the sale of weapons and the passage of US navy ships in the Taiwan Strait , the initiative to support the State Department for Taipei to rejoin the World Health Organization as an observer has also ended. , however, disputed by China which claims the island as part of its territory to be reunified even by force, if necessary.
Yesterday , four Chinese Army aircraft entered Taiwan's air defense zone and US Matina's top officer, Admiral Michael Gilday, said Taiwan must prepare against potential Chinese aggression with military deterrence.
Since the start of the war in Ukraine , the US has strengthened its support for Taiwan: a group of senators including Republican Lindsey Graham and Democrat Bob Menendez traveled to Taipei in April, causing an angry Chinese response with air and naval training. near the island.
(Unioneonline / L)
