Blinken: China military drills are 'significant escalation'
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China launched the drills following a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan that infuriated Beijing, which claims the self-governed island as its own.
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China launched the drills following a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan that infuriated Beijing, which claims the self-governed island as its own.
Following China's recent military drills in the Taiwan Straight, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken condemned the missile launches and called them a "significant escalation."
Secretary urges Beijing to back down and reiterates that Nancy Pelosi's visit to Tapei was peaceful and did not represent a change in US policy toward Taiwan
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that China’s military exercises aimed at Taiwan and missiles fired into Japan’s exclusive economic zone represent “significant escalation.”
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