China asks US to choose
ISLAMABAD: China told the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to choose between ‘conflict and cooperation’.
Blinken got this loud and clear message from the Chinese officials during his two-day official visit to Beijing.
“It is necessary to make a choice between dialogue and confrontation, cooperation or conflict,” Wang Yi told Blinken during a meeting in Beijing.
US Secretary of State Blinken and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi face media before holding meeting in Beijing on Monday.
Blinken spoke to Wang for three hours. Wang’s position in the Communist Party ranks above the foreign minister, according to the State Department.
Tensions have soared between the world’s two largest economies in recent years on issues ranging from trade to technology to Taiwan.
According to China’s state broadcaster, Wang told Blinken that Beijing had “no room to compromise” on Taiwan.
“On this issue, China has no room to compromise or concede,” CCTV said.
“The United States must truly adhere to the One China principle confirmed in the three joint US-China communiques, respect China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and clearly oppose ‘Taiwan independence’.”
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