The United States may have to pay "
an unbearable price
" for its support for Taiwan, the Chinese foreign minister said on Thursday (December 30th), warning the island that it was facing "
an extremely dangerous situation
".
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In an interview with national television and the New China Agency, Wang Yi accused Washington of encouraging "
independence
" from Taiwan, an island that Beijing considers one of its provinces, although it is governed separately. since 1949. "
This will not only place Taiwan in an extremely dangerous situation but also put the United States at an unbearable price
," he warned.
The communist regime has never ruled out the hypothesis of a use of force to establish its sovereignty over Taiwan and in recent months has increased air incursions into the island's defense identification zone.
Washington, for its part, continued its support for the arming of Taipei and sent senior officials there, to the chagrin of Beijing, which prohibits any official contact between the island and governments with which it maintains diplomatic relations.
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Wang Yi, without naming them, accused the United States of using "
human rights and democracy to slander and surround China and many developing countries
."
"
The United States constantly provokes new incidents in order to hurt relations between the two countries,
" he denounced.
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