China has warned US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday not to “repeat the disaster.” past Mistakes” by meeting Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen.
Beijing said decision no help Regional peace and stability, but rather unite the Chinese people against a common enemy.
Republican McCarthy is third most-senior US leader after the president and vice president, will host the meeting in California on Wednesday with Tsai, during the delicate pause in The United States raised Chinese threats of revenge.
China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, has launched a war games all over the island last August after then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, visited the capital, Taipei.
Tsai will make the so-called “transit” officially in Los Angeles on Ha way back Back to Taipei after a trip to Central America. United State says Such stops common practice And there is no need for China to overreact.
But the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles said it wasfalseto claim it as a means of transit, adding that Tsai was involved in official exchanges to ‘put’ on Politician show. “
It doesn’t matter in What is McCarthy’s ability to meet Tsai, the gesture will greatly hurt feelings of Chinese peopleseriously send wrong signal To Taiwan’s separatist forces, political influence foundation of She said that Sino-US relations in a permit.
“It is not conducive to peace, security and regional stability, nor is it conducive to that in the common interests of the people of China and the United States “Consulate added.
McCarthy ignores the lessons of mistakes of his predecessor said, in in a thinly veiled reference to Pelosi’s visit to Taipei, and she insists on playing Taiwan card. “
It will undoubtedly repeat the disaster past More mistakes and damage to Sino-US relations. It will only strengthen the Chinese people’s strong will and determination to share a common enemy And support national lonliness.”
Speak to reporters in Beijing on On Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said that China will work closely follow developments and defend firmly and vigorously its sovereignty and territorial integrity, without going into details.
Chinese military activities
Although Taiwan has not reported any unusual Chinese moves in the run-up To the meeting, China military Activities continued across the island.
Taiwanese Ministry of Defense on Tuesday morning reported that in the previous 24 hoursI spotted nine Chinese military Planes in that it air defense identification area, in a area Between the southwestern coast of Taiwan and the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands at the top of South China Sea.
Taiwan’s foreign ministry said, in a statement on Tuesday, that China has no right to file a complaint, like the People’s Republic of China of China has never ruled the island.
China’s recent criticism of Tsai’s journey ‘becoming increasingly absurd’ added.
Even if it’s authoritarian government continuous with Its expansion and intensification of coercion, Taiwan will not back down,” the statement said.
In China, prominent commentator He Xijin wrote on His widely followed Twitter account “Mainland China will definitely react, and make Tsai Ing-wen’s regime lose a lot.” more What they can gain from this meeting.”
Hu who had expressed concerns over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan last yearand also Books “United States side Certainly not getting any real feature either,” on His Weibo account, a Twitter-like social media platform in China.
he is former editor-in-president of The well-known Chinese state-backed tabloid, the Global Times for its strict nationalist stance.
Long live Taiwan with the threat of Chinese attack Since the defeated republic of China government They fled to the island in 1949 after losing the civil war with Communists Mao Zedong.
life in Taiwan continued as usual, with shops, restaurants and tourist sites in Taipei packed over a long period holiday The end of the week on Wednesday.
“They will certainly get angry and there will be some action, but we are already used to it,” he said. social Worker Sunny Lai, 42.
