Antony Blinken urges China to halt ‘provocative’ actions toward Taiwan

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'We strongly urge Beijing to cease its military, diplomatic and economic pressure and coercion directed at Taiwan,' said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

They also followed a high-level meeting in Zurich on Wednesday at which National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan raised Taiwan and other issues with China’s top diplomat, Yang Jiechi.

“We are very concerned by the [People’s Republic of China’s] provocative military activity near Taiwan,” Blinken said at the conclusion of an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development meeting in Paris. Apparently referring to Washington’s long-standing one-China policy under which it officially recognises Beijing rather than Taipei, and the Taiwan Relations Act, Biden said on Tuesday that he had discussed Taiwan with Xi, and that they agreed to abide by “the Taiwan agreement”.

US Trade Representative Katherine Tai spoke to her Taiwanese counterpart John Deng online in June as the two governments moved to restart the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement US Trade Representative Katherine Tai spoke to her Taiwanese counterpart John Deng online in June as the two governments moved to restart the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement Blinken warned China on another front on Wednesday in an interview on Bloomberg Television, saying that Washington wants Beijing to...

 

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