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China’s ambassador to the US warned Friday that Washington’s increasing support for Taiwan could ultimately lead to a war between the US and China.
Ambassador Qin Gang said the US is “emboldening” independence forces in Taiwan. “If the Taiwanese authorities, emboldened by the United States, keep going down the road for independence, it most likely will involve China and the United States, the two big countries, in the military conflict,” he said in an interview with NPR.
Qin called the issue of Taiwan the “biggest tinderbox between China and the United States.” He said that people in Taiwan and China are “compatriots” and don’t want to fight, but because Taiwan is “working down the road towards independence … China will not commit to giving up the un-peaceful means for reunification because this is a deterrence.”…
