China Fumes As America Approves "Taiwan Travel Act"

The Chinese government has urged the US to "correct its mistake" regarding President Donald Trump's recently approved "Taiwan Travel Act," which allows unrestricted two-way travel for officials from the US and Taiwan.


Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen refuses to acknowledge the democratic island as part of "one China"

US President Donald Trump's "Taiwan Travel Act" continues to draw ire from Chinese authorities. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said Saturday the bill "severely violates" the "one China" principle and sends "very wrong signals to the 'pro-independence' separatist forces in Taiwan."
"China is strongly opposed to [the bill]," Lu said in a statement.

"We urge the US side to correct its mistake, stop pursuing any official ties with Taiwan or improving its current relations with Taiwan in any substantive way," he added.
In a separate statement, Chinese defense ministry spokesman Wu Qian said the act "interferes in China's internal affairs."

China urges the US to "stop pursuing any US-Taiwan military ties and stop arms sales to Taiwan, so as to avoid causing serious damage to the bilateral and military relations between China and the US, and to the peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait," the statement said.

In another development, leading US trade associations have written to President Donald Trump, urging him to halt plans to slap higher tariffs on Chinese imports. They said they feared a chain reaction of negative consequences.

45 US trade groups representing everything from the high-tech industry to apparel vendors and auto parts importers said planned tariffs on China shipments would backfire sooner or later .

"The imposition of sweeping tariffs would trigger a chain reaction of negative consequences for the US economy, provoking retaliation," the letter said.

"It would stifle US agriculture, goods and services exports and raise costs for businesses and consumers," feared the groups and companies that had signed the letter, including Apple, Alphabet, Walmart and Nike.

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Olajide Olushola

there is problem everywhere in this world.

Endy Edeson

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Johnson Ahile

Trump always heating up the polity. Let this not cause war between Taiwan and China

Akintoye Adebareh Abdul Akeem

It will be a great war. Everybody is fighting for his own head.

Endy Edeson

Akeem & Ahile, I pray the war don't extend to 3rd world countries

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