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China’s foreign minister Wang Yi warns of ‘ferocious storms’ if one-China policy is abandoned by US and Taipei

  • The Chinese foreign minister accused the US of ‘playing the Taiwan card to disrupt and contain China’s development’
  • Wang Yi, who is on a five-nation Southeast Asia tour, was speaking at the Asean secretariat headquarters in Jakarta

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China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday warned there would be “dark clouds or even ferocious storms” if the one-China principle governing how Beijing views self-ruled Taiwan were to be abandoned, and accused Washington of seeking to hollow out the policy.
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Wang said that current tensions in the Taiwan Strait were caused by Taipei authorities “who abandoned the 1992 consensus that reflects the one-China principle, undermined cross-Strait relations … and they are walking further down the path of relying on foreign countries to seek independence”.
He also said the United States was currently “trying to play the Taiwan card to disrupt and contain China’s development”.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi accused the US of “trying to play the Taiwan card to disrupt and contain China’s development”. Photo: Reuters
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi accused the US of “trying to play the Taiwan card to disrupt and contain China’s development”. Photo: Reuters
Wang was speaking about China’s regional policy at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) secretariat headquarters in Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta.

“I also want to point [out] that recently the US has been emphasising repeatedly the need to uphold the sovereignty and territorial integrity of every country. I’ve heard this many times. Given America’s past record, we take seriously this statement from the US,” Wang said.

“But we must stress one thing, the US cannot practice double standards of constantly reneging on its promises or flip-flopping on its positions,” he said, underscoring that China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity needed to be respected and upheld as well.

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US President Joe Biden says US military will defend Taiwan if attacked

US President Joe Biden says US military will defend Taiwan if attacked

Washington has said it remains committed to its one-China policy and does not encourage independence for Taiwan, but the US is required to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself under its US Taiwan Relations Act.

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