China condemned the U.S.’s latest overture toward Taiwan, warning that ties between the two countries faced "huge risks” just weeks after U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to hold a video summit.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s call for greater participation by Taiwan in U.N. organizations violated the "one China” understanding between Beijing and Washington, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a regular news briefing Wednesday. Zhao dismissed the remarks as an attempt to generate sympathy for Taiwan’s cause on the world stage.
"If the U.S. continues to play the Taiwan card, it will surely bring game-changing and huge risks to China-U.S. relations,” Zhao said. Earlier, the Taiwan Affairs Office in Beijing had urged Taipei to "abandon the illusion of relying on the U.S. for independence,” saying the island had "no right” to join the U.N. a half-century after its government was booted out.