Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen is scheduled to meet with Speaker of the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy in California on Wednesday.
By Le Figaro with AFP
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La rmeeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 5 between Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy«will do even more harmto Beijing-Washington relations, Chinese diplomacy lamented Monday, April 3. The interview willhurt feelingsof the 1.4 billion Chinese andaffect the political foundation of US-China relationssaid a spokesperson for the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles in a statement.
China considers the island of Taiwan, with a population of 23 million, to be one of its provinces, which it has yet to manage to reunite with the rest of its territory since the end of the civil war. China in 1949. The United States, which granted diplomatic recognition to the People’s Republic of China in 1979, remains however Taiwan’s most powerful ally as well as its main arms supplier.
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“One China Principle”
China does not allow any country to have official relations with both Beijing and Taipei, under the “one china principle“. Last August, Nancy Pelosi, then president of the American House of Representatives, had nevertheless visited Taiwan, provoking the ire of Beijing which had carried out in retaliation for very important military exercises around the island.
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«Kevin McCarthy, in defiance of the international community’s broad support for the one-China principle, ignoring the lessons that should have been learned, persists in still wanting to play the Taiwan cardagainst Beijing, says the consulate. “He will no doubt make the same mistake again, which will further damage the Sino-American relationship. But it will only strengthen the will and determination of the Chinese people in their common indignation and support for national reunification.»
Tsai Ing-wen will fly Tuesday April 4 from Belize, where she is visiting, to California where she is to meet Kevin McCarthy. China promised toretaliateto a possible meeting between the two officials. This meeting “will send a very bad signal in favor of the separatists who are campaigning for a so-called independence of Taiwan» et «will not contribute anything to the peace, security or stability of the region“, lamented the consulate.
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Chinese authorities have sought to diplomatically isolate Taipei since Tsai Ing-wen came to power in 2016 because she is a member of a party that traditionally campaigns for independence – an absolute red line for Beijing.
