US senator arrives in Taiwan, defying Beijing
Spokesman for China’s Embassy in Washington Liu Pengyu vowed that Beijing would take unspecified “resolute countermeasures” in response to what he called the US…
Spokesman for China’s Embassy in Washington Liu Pengyu vowed that Beijing would take unspecified “resolute countermeasures” in response to what he called the US…
Furuya’s travel to Taiwan is expected to come in for strong criticism from China, which has been frustrated by a series of recent visits to Taiwan by foreign dignitaries.
Keiji Furuya, a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker of Japan is in Taiwan for a visit and will meet the island's leader Tsai Ing-wen.
The US envoy had said that China overreacted to Pelosi's visit, describing China's response as "a manufactured crisis".
The first round of trade talks is set to take place early this autumn, US officials said.
China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi told Japan's national security adviser that Taiwan is an inseparable part of China.
Ambassador Qin Gang said China had warned the US that a Pelosi visit would have "very serious consequences".
Those sanctioned and their family members would be barred from entering the mainland as well as Hong Kong and Macao.
A Defense Ministry spokesman also said any attempt that bucks the trend of history, ignores the will of the Chinese people, or obstructs the process of China's reunification will…
Provocations by “separatist elements or external forces” that cross its red lines would force Beijing to take “drastic measures”, it said in a government White Paper.