US must alter course in how it deals with China or face inevitable conflict, foreign minister says

Name: Beijing lodges protest over Biden’s remarks on Taiwan, saying they violate one-China principle
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In a speech in New York outlining the development of China-US relations, Wang Yi says Taiwan has become biggest risk in bilateral ties

Imminent Wang-Blinken talks expected to determine how the two nations will ease tensions and may lay the groundwork for Xi and Biden to meet in person

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivered a speech at the Asia Society Headquarters in New York about China-US relations, saying: “The Taiwan question is growing into the biggest risk in China-US relations”. Photo: CGTN

Teddy Ng

Published: 2:03pm, 23 Sep 2022Updated: 5:57pm, 23 Sep 2022

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has warned that a major confrontation between China and the US is inevitable if Washington does not change its course in dealing with Beijing.

In a speech outlining the development of China-US relations, Wang said Taiwan had become the biggest risk in their bilateral ties, and the imposition of any Western system on mainland China would be futile.

China-US ties had reached their lowest point since normalisation in 1979, Wang said, despite both Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden vowing to put relations on the right track.

“The US seems to have two different sets of musical scores. Their leaders’ political will for a stable bilateral relationship has yet to be translated into logical policies,” he said.

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Beijing lodges protest over Biden’s remarks on Taiwan, saying they violate one-China principle

Wang was speaking on Thursday at the Asia Society in New York ahead of talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session.