China Condemns Blinken Over Taiwan, Sanctions Ex-US Lawmaker
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Lai Ching-te during his inauguration ceremony in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 20.
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China slammed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for extending his congratulations to Taiwan’s new president and separately sanctioned a former US congressman who supported Taipei, underscoring how the island’s status divides the two superpowers.
“It’s a serious violation of the political commitment made by the US to maintain only cultural, commercial and other unofficial relations with the Taiwan region,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Tuesday in response to Blinken’s comments at a regular press briefing in Beijing.