China on Monday filed a formal protest with the United States over the visit of the Republican Governor of the US state of Indiana, Eric Holcomb, to Taiwan, days after Washington announced trade talks with Taipei.
The Chinese government recalled that the island is an “inalienable part” of its territory and that the Taipei issue “always the most important and sensitive issue at the center of bilateral relations”.
Beijing, in a statement, “strongly opposes official US trade in any form and name with the Taiwan region” and “calls for the fulfillment of the ‘One China’ principle and the three joint Sino-US communications and an end to all trade with the Taiwan region. official interaction”.
Holcomb heads a delegation that has visited Taiwan since last Sunday (21). This morning, the U.S. governor was greeted by President Tsai Ing-wen, who believes Indiana and Taiwan have “a long history of relationships” with aspirations to go further in the future, according to the official CNA news agency.
He said Indiana was the first US state to join Taiwan, which China sees as an integral part of its territory.
“The citizens of Indiana and Taiwan have many common values, common interests and goals, and there will be more opportunities to strengthen and nurture each other’s relationships because when the two economies grow together they can form a strategic partnership,” Holcomb said. state is the first to invest in foreign direct investment in the United States, including the top ten companies in Taipei.
Commitments of the day include the signing of several agreements, including a memorandum of understanding that will form the basis of an economic partnership and allow for even greater cooperation in key sectors, including semiconductors, biochemistry, technology, among others.
Taiwan’s president has declared the island’s readiness to strengthen cooperation with democratic partners in the microchip sector in favor of “economic security” as “a pillar of national and regional security”.
The talks took place amid escalating tensions with China, which this month conducted its largest military exercise in the Taiwan Strait in retaliation for a visit by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the island.
Earlier, China attacked US ambassador Nicholas Burns, who was accused of “exposing the hegemonic logic” in his assessments of Taiwan in an interview with CNN.
According to a State Department spokesperson, Beijing has repeatedly urged the US government to deter Pelosi’s visit to Taipei, stating “clearly all the consequences that the US side will have to endure”.
Burns said China had “exaggerated” Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and defended the “right to travel”, “the peace and stability we have had in the Taiwan Strait for nearly six decades.”
source: Noticias
