Headline Roundup • August 6th, 2022
China Terminates Cooperation with US After Pelosi's Taiwan Visit
Summary from the AllSides News Team
China has terminated key communication channels with the U.S. after warning that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan trip would be met with "strong countermeasures."
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying on Friday confirmed that China will cut diplomatic ties with the White House on several key fronts, including all future phone calls with U.S. defense leaders as well as cooperation on climate policy, anti-drug measures and intercontinental crime. Chunying also placed sanctions against Pelosi and her immediate family for the "gross interference" in their country’s internal affairs. China has since carried out live-fire military drills near Taiwan to test out its military capabilities.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday said that China took "irresponsible steps" by cutting off contact with the White House, emphasizing that Chinese leaders shouldn't hold talks on key global matters such as the climate crisis as "hostage" because of "differences between our two countries."
Some reports accentuated previous calls from critics who argued that Pelosi's visit could further weaken an "already strained relationship" with China. Other reports noted that Pelosi's actions "drew strong bipartisan backing" from U.S. lawmakers and other democracies alike.
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China cut off contacts with the United States on vital issues Friday — including military matters and crucial climate cooperation — as concerns rose that the Communist government’s hostile reaction to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit could signal a lasting, more aggressive approach toward its U.S. rival and the self-ruled island.
China’s move to freeze key lines of communication compounded the worsening of relations from Pelosi’s visit and from the Chinese response with military exercises off Taiwan, including firing missiles that splashed down in surrounding waters.
After the White House summoned...
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China said Friday that it will stop accepting deportees from the U.S. as part of its retaliation for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s visit this week to Taiwan.
The move was among nine steps announced by China‘s Foreign Affairs Ministry, along with ending cooperation on transnational crime and drugs, and halting talks on climate change.
It also raises the stakes for the Biden administration, which under U.S. law can punish countries that refuse to cooperate on deportations by refusing to issue new visas to that country’s citizens.
That decision belongs to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused China of “irresponsible steps” on Saturday by halting key communication channels with Washington, and said its Taiwan actions showed a move from prioritising peaceful resolution towards use of force.
His comments came as Chinese aircraft and warships practised on Saturday for an attack on Taiwan, island officials said, part of a raft of steps taken by Beijing after a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier this week.
China’s retaliation in stopping bilateral processes in eight key areas including defence, narcotics, transnational...
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