China summoned US ambassador to China overnight after Pelosi arrived in Taiwan

 

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China’s Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng summoned US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns overnight to protest against US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan island late Tuesday, stressing that the nature of the visit is extremely vicious, the consequence is very grave and China will not sit idly by.

Noting that the US government should have restrained Pelosi’s unscrupulous move and prevented her from going against the historical trend but instead indulged her and colluded with her, which exacerbates the tension in the Taiwan Straits and seriously damages China-US ties, Xie said the US must pay the price for its own mistake.

“China will take necessary and resolute countermeasures and we mean what we say,” he said.

Shortly after Pelosi arrived at Taipei’s Songshan Airport, five Chinese departments issued statements condemning the visit, which has a severe impact on the political foundation of China-US relations, seriously infringes upon China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, gravely undermines peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and sends a seriously wrong signal to the “Taiwan independence” forces.