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The comments came after a meeting of the defense ministers United State AndChina In their first direct talks since taking over the management President Joe Biden The authority, in an attempt to ensure that the broader tensions between the two countries do not spill over into misunderstandings or wrong messages at the military level.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chinese General Weifeng He met in Singapore on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue, the main security meeting in Asia.
And the US Secretary of Defense told his Chinese counterpart that China should "Refrain from taking any further destabilizing steps towards Taiwan".
In turn, Wei pledged that China "It will crush any scheme for Taiwan independence to pieces and firmly affirm the unity of the motherland"according to the Chinese Ministry of Defense.
Witnessed the relationships between China and the United States Tensions between the world’s two largest economies disagree on everything from Taiwan’s sovereignty and China’s human rights record to Beijing’s military activity in the South China Sea.
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The comments came after a meeting of the defense ministers United State AndChina In their first direct talks since taking over the management President Joe Biden The authority, in an attempt to ensure that the broader tensions between the two countries do not spill over into misunderstandings or wrong messages at the military level.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chinese General Weifeng He met in Singapore on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue, the main security meeting in Asia.
And the US defense secretary told his Chinese counterpart that China “should refrain from taking any further destabilizing steps toward Taiwan.”
In turn, Wei pledged that China “will crush to pieces any scheme for Taiwan independence and resolutely affirm the unity of the motherland,” according to the Chinese Defense Ministry.
Witnessed the relationships between China and the United States Tensions between the world’s two largest economies disagree on everything from Taiwan’s sovereignty and China’s human rights record to Beijing’s military activity in the South China Sea.