US Warns China Against Unilateral Action Regarding Taiwan
NDTV
During an hour-long meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit, Antony Blinken made "crystal clear" that Washington opposes any unilateral changes by Beijing to the status quo there, the official said.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Chinese counterpart on Sunday that the United States opposed actions by China that have increased tensions across the Taiwan Strait, a senior State Department official said.
During an hour-long meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit, Blinken made "crystal clear" that Washington opposes any unilateral changes by Beijing to the status quo there, the official said.
A recent increase in Chinese military exercises in Taiwan's air defence identification zone are part of what Taipei views as stepped-up military harassment by Beijing.
China claims the island as part of its own territory and views any foreign intervention on Taiwan as interference in its domestic affairs.
