China on Tuesday urged the U.S. not to allow Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to transit its territory when she visits Belize and Paraguay in August.
That statement according to the report has added to the tension between Beijing and Washington that has worsened amid a trade war.
Beijing considers democratic Taiwan to be a wayward province of “one China”, ineligible for state-to-state relations, and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control.
China regularly calls Taiwan the most sensitive and important issue between it and the U.S., and Beijing always complains to Washington about transit stops by Taiwanese presidents.
Taiwan’s government on Monday announced that Tsai would travel to and from its two diplomatic allies via the U.S., standard procedure for visits by Taiwanese presidents to…
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