China Warns It’s Prepared to Sanction More Taiwanese Politicians
- They’ll ‘truly feel regret’ someday, official spokeswoman says
- Beijing already punished figures including Taiwanese premier
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China has warned it’s willing to sanction more Taiwanese politicians after two defiantly expressed disappointment they hadn’t been punished, as cross-strait tensions continue to escalate.
Beijing had noticed that “some Taiwan separatists have been quite active lately,” Zhu Fenglian, a spokeswoman for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, said at a regular briefing Wednesday in Beijing.