Making it clear: Blinken emphasised that the United States would not take actions to provoke a crisis, but it would continue to support regional allies. — AFP
China’s military exercise around Taiwan in response to the US House Speaker’s visit to the self-ruled island is a disproportionate and unjustified escalation, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
Blinken said the United States has made it repeatedly clear to China it does not seek a crisis, adding that Washington and its allies were seriously concerned by its latest actions.
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