Angered by Pelosi’s visit last week, Beijing called off some talks with Washington and launched ballistic missiles over Taipei

China’s defence ministry defended its shelving of military talks with the United States in protest against House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei last week, warning that Washington must bear “serious consequences”.

Pelosi’s visit last week infuriated China, which regards the self-ruled island as its own and responded with test launches of ballistic missiles over Taipei for the first time, as well as ditching some lines of dialogue with Washington.

Continue reading…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

Friends lose £6,000 after Ibiza villa owner ‘disappears’

Group forced to cancel because of Covid but got only deposit and…

Mother of suicidal girl held in locked hospital room ‘frightened’ for child’s life

Lack of mental health placement in England part of chronic shortage of…

Malaysia’s gay community fears backlash after Matty Healy’s outburst

The 1975 singer’s onstage condemnation of homophobic laws has angered conservatives and…

US announces $300m arms package for Ukraine – with a caveat

The shipment comes with a warning that the weaponry should not be…