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China announced cancellation or suspension of cooperations with the US in eight areas in retaliation for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, according to a statement released by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday.
China will cancel the dialogue between the two countries’ senior-level military commanders and defence ministries and suspend the bilateral climate talks and the cooperations with Washington on prevention of cross-border crime and drug trafficking, and on repatriating illegal migrants, according to the statement about eight measurs.
China also cancelled a planned bilateral meeting on a maritime military security mechanism.