China cancels range of US exchanges after slapping sanctions on Pelosi and family over Taipei visit

Name: Mainland China conducts military live-fire drills as tensions soar over Pelosi visit to Taiwan
Uploaded: 2022-08-05T01:43:30.000Z
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Description: Mainland China conducts military live-fire drills as tensions soar over Pelosi visit to Taiwan

Countermeasures include suspension of defence ministry talks, as well as cooperation on illegal immigration, cross-border crimes and climate change

Moves are justified and not excessive, Chinese foreign ministry says, hitting back at earlier US suggestion that Beijing had overreacted

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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attends a press conference at the US Embassy in Tokyo on Friday, August 5, 2022, at the end of her Asian tour, which included a visit to Taiwan. Photo: AFP

Amber Wang

Published: 9:43am, 5 Aug 2022Updated: 3:37am, 6 Aug 2022

Beijing has announced a series of countermeasures against the United States, in addition to sanctioning US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her direct family members following her trip to Taiwan.

The Chinese foreign ministry said dialogues between the leaders of Chinese and US military theatres, the working meeting of Chinese and US defence ministries and consultation mechanism on maritime military safety between Beijing and the US are cancelled.

Cooperation on repatriating illegal immigrants, criminal justice assistance, cross-border crimes, narcotics and climate change will also be suspended.

Earlier, the ministry said Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan was a serious violation of China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and a serious violation of the one-China principle.

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Mainland China conducts military live-fire drills as tensions soar over Pelosi visit to Taiwan

Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday night and met officials, including Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, before flying out on Wednesday afternoon. The trip was a stop on her Asian tour and drew the ire of Beijing.

Beijing’s countermeasures against Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan are justified and not excessive, China’s foreign ministry said on Friday, hitting back at White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby’s comment on Thursday that China had overreacted.

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