The White House accuses China of using Nancy Pelosi’s visit ‘as a pretext to increase provocative military activity’ around Taiwan; region prepares for second day of China’s live-fire exercises
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Former Chinese ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, has made some bold claims against G7 countries this morning.
If the G7 countries truly care about peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, they should have urged the US early on not to make such a dangerous, reckless and irresponsible provocation against China. Before Pelosi’s visit, those countries played dumb and did not say a word.”
With China initiating military exercises in areas around Taiwan today, we call on Beijing to act with reason and exercise restraint.
Taiwan will not escalate conflict, but we will resolutely defend our sovereignty, our security & our democracy.”
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