China threatens ‘military conflict likely’ with US over Taiwan
Taiwanese troops. (Taiwan Ministry of National Defense, Twitter/Released)
January 28, 2022 Liz George
China’s ambassador to the United States warned on Friday that Taiwan’s independence will “most likely” lead to “military conflict” between the US and China.
During an interview with NPR, Qin Gang said Taiwan was “going down the road for independence” because of support from the U.S. Taiwan already governs itself as an independent nation, but China considers the island a part of its territory and has repeatedly alluded to reunifying with the island under mainland China’s governance.
“If the Taiwanese authorities, emboldened by the United States, keep going down the road for independence, it most likely will involve China and the United States, the two big countries, in a military conflict,” Gang said.
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