Severely punished. It follows the election of William Lai as the islands new president. Hes viewed by beijing as a dangerous separatist. Although Mr Lai says he simply wants to maintain the Status Quo for taiwan. Chinas minister of foreign affairs, wang yi, had this to say. Translation Taiwans Election is a regional. Affair within china. No matter what the results of the election are, they cannot change the basic fact that there is only one China And Taiwan is a part of it. Taiwan has never been a country. It wasnt in the past, and it certainly wont be in the future. Meanwhile, china has accused the us of sending a Gravely Wrong Signal to those pushing for taiwans independence. Us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken congratulated President Elect William Lai on saturday. That message was seen by beijing as a violation of Washingtons Commitment to maintain only unofficial ties with taiwan
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