WASHINGTON — China declared Friday it was stopping all dialogue with the United States on major issues, from climate change to military relations, in a day of rapidly escalating tensions over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. The White House summoned China’s ambassador to protest what it called China’s “irresponsible” actions since the visit.
China’s Foreign Ministry said dialogue between U.S. and Chinese regional commanders and defense department heads would be canceled, along with talks on military maritime safety. Kirby said that senior U.S. officials have been meeting regularly with their Chinese counterparts over the dispute. Calling China’s actions “provocative,” Kirby said the Biden administration condemned China’s military maneuvers as irresponsible and “at odds with our long-standing goal of maintaining peace and stability and across the Taiwan Strait.”
China said Friday that more than 100 warplanes and 10 warships have taken part in the live-fire military drills surrounding Taiwan over the past two days, while announcing mainly symbolic sanctions againstThe official Xinhua News Agency said Friday that fighters, bombers, destroyers and frigates were all used in what it called “joint blockage operations.“
China and the United States are the world’s No. 1 and No. 2 climate polluters, together producing nearly 40% of all fossil-fuel emissions. Their top climate diplomats, John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua, have maintained a cordial relationship that dated back to the 2015 Paris climate accord, which was made possible by a breakthrough negotiated among the two and others.
China is a “powerful country and it will not allow anyone to offend its own territory,” said Liu Bolin, a high school student visiting the island.“We are compatriots and we hope to live in peace,” Zheng said. “We should live peacefully with each other.”
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“If we do not speak out for human rights in China because of commercial interests, we lose all moral authority to speak out about human rights any place in the world,” Pelosi said.
China needs to be ring-fenced until their people overthrow the CCP.