Beijing slams Taiwan visit by Britain’s Liz Truss as ‘dangerous political show’ designed to provoke tensions
- Truss and her ilk are ‘playing the Taiwan card’ to provoke, Chinese embassy in London says, calling ex-British PM a ‘failed politician’
- She is the first former UK leader to visit Taiwan since Margaret Thatcher in 1996
The Chinese embassy in London slammed her visit as a “dangerous political show” that would escalate tensions in the Taiwan Strait.
“By playing the ‘Taiwan card’ and engaging in political shows, Truss and the like are colluding with the ‘Taiwan independence’ secessionist forces, to provoke confrontation and escalate tensions across the Taiwan Strait,” the embassy said in a statement early on Wednesday Beijing time.
“The Taiwan question is at the core of China’s core interests. Any violation of the one-China principle will have serious consequences for China-UK relations.
“We urge the relevant British politician to correct her wrongdoing … otherwise, she will only further expose herself as a failed politician and get more backlash from the Chinese people.”
