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Chinese concerns rise over US policy shift on Taiwan
- Beijing’s diplomatic chief Yang Jiechi warns US national security adviser Jake Sullivan against ‘using Taiwan to contain China’
- Washington appears to be moving away from its policy of strategic ambiguity following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Chinese analysts say
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Chinese diplomatic observers have expressed concern that the United States is shifting its policy on Taiwan as Beijing again warned that the issue was undermining the relationship between the two sides.
China’s top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, and US national security adviser Jake Sullivan held their third meeting in Luxembourg on Monday.
Yang warned Sullivan that there would be an “overturning effect” if the Taiwan problem was not handled properly, according to the state news agency Xinhua.
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“This risk will increase if the US continues its approach of ‘using Taiwan to contain China’ and Taiwan’s adoption of ‘relying on the US for independence’,” Yang said.
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According to a statement issued by Beijing, Yang criticised the US for trying to contain and suppress China, saying it “puts China-US relations into a very difficult situation”.
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