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BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) — China threatened to retaliate on Wednesday if U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen during her planned transit of the United States next month, saying any such move would be a “provocation”.
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Foreign minister Qin Gang told reporters outside an annual parliament meeting in Beijing the U.S. has been engaging in suppression and containment of China rather than competition.
The consultations are intended to drum up support from a range of countries, especially those in the G7, to coordinate support for any possible restrictions, U.S. officials said.
The top diplomats from the United States and China met on Saturday in the first high-level contact between their countries since the U.S. shot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon.
U.S. officials said an “unidentified object” has been shot down Sunday for the third time in as many days, this time over Lake Huron.
In Montana — home to Malmstrom Air Force base and dozens of nuclear missile silos — people doubted Beijing’s claim that it was a weather balloon gone off course.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said China has no intention of violating the territory and airspace of any sovereign country.
A senior defense official said the U.S. has “very high confidence” the object was a Chinese high-altitude balloon and it was flying over sensitive sites to collect information.
China rang in the Lunar New Year on Sunday with its people praying for health after three years of stress and financial hardship under the pandemic.
World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday he was concerned about the lack of outbreak data from the Chinese government.