China: Taiwan President and US House Speaker meeting will ‘further damage’ ties

WORLD, April 04 (YPA) – The Chinese diplomat said Wednesday’s meeting between Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy would “further damage” relations between Beijing and Washington.

A consulate spokesperson for the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles in the United States said in a statement that the Wednesday’s meeting in California would “greatly hurt the national feelings of 1.4 billion Chinese people” and undermine “the political foundation of China-US relations”.

“Speaker McCarthy is ignoring the broad support of the international community for the One-China principle, ignoring the lessons that should have been drawn from previous mistakes,” the consulate said.

There is no doubt that he will make the same mistake again, … of the Chinese people” to achieve “reunification” with Taiwan, the consulate added

China considers the island of Taiwan part of its territory and does not rule out restoring  it by force if necessary.

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