China Lashes Out at U.S. Over Loosening of Taiwan Travel Rules
China is lashing out at the U.S. Congress over a bill that would reduce barriers to contact with Taiwan.
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Beijing (AP) -- China lashed out at the U.S. Congress on Friday over passage of a bill that would significantly boost Washington's contacts with Taiwanese officials, accusing the U.S. of violating a pledge not to have formal contacts with the island's government.
A spokesman for the Cabinet's Taiwan Affairs Office, An Fengshan, said the Taiwan Travel Act violates the "one-China principle" under which China regards Taiwan as a part of Chinese territory, along with three communiques signed by Washington and Beijing.