‘Don’t play with fire’: Beijing warns US over Taiwan

Published time: 12 Jul, 2019 11:33Edited time: 12 Jul, 2019 11:45

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Flag bearers during a parade in Taipei, Taiwan. © Global Look Press / Alain Evrard / Impact Photos

China strongly warned Washington against shipping weapons to Taiwan, and urged the US to consider the “gravity” of the issue after the Pentagon authorized selling tanks to Taipei.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi blasted Washington for allowing arm sales to Taiwan during his trip to Hungary on Friday.

“We urge the US to fully recognize the gravity of the Taiwan question… [and] not to play with fire on the question of Taiwan,” he told reporters via an interpreter, cited by Reuters.

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