China warns US a Nancy Pelosi visit to Taiwan would cross a red line
- In rare direct response to an American trip to the self-ruled island, Foreign Minister Wang Yi says Washington would ‘bear the consequences’
- The House Speaker was expected to arrive in Taipei on Sunday but her travel plans have been postponed by Covid-19
The call came after Pelosi postponed her trip when she tested positive for Covid-19. Although there was no official confirmation, Taipei was reportedly on her itinerary for the weekend, following her departure from Japan.
Pelosi’s office did not say when her trip would be rescheduled, nor whether it would include Taiwan.
According to a Chinese foreign ministry statement, Wang accused the US of “a blatant double standard” during his conversation with Bonne. He said the US called for respect of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, but “openly tramples on the red line of the one-China principle” regarding Taiwan.
“If Pelosi, a political leader of the United States, knowingly visits Taiwan, it would be a malicious provocation against China’s sovereignty and gross interference in China’s internal affairs, and would send an extremely dangerous political signal to the outside world,” he said.