China said it is canceling or suspending dialogue with the U.S. on a range of issues from climate change to military relations and anti-drug efforts in retaliation for Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.
earlier this week were of"concern to Taiwan, to us, and to our partners around the world," spokesman John Kirby said in a statement after Thursday's formal diplomatic rebuke to Ambassador Qin Gang at the White House.
Cooperation on returning illegal immigrants, criminal investigations, transnational crime, illegal drugs and climate change will be suspended, the ministry said. "Finally, we made clear once again as we have done privately at the highest levels and publicly: Nothing has changed about our one-China policy. We also made clear that the United States is prepared for what Beijing chooses to do."
The Rocket Force also fired projectiles over Taiwan into the Pacific, military officers told state media, in a major ratcheting up of China's threats to attack and invade the island. China under Kerry's prodding committed at last year's U.N. global climate summit in Glasgow to working with the U.S."with urgency" to cut climate-wrecking emissions, but Kerry was unable to persuade it to significantly speed up China's move away from coal.On the Chinese coast across from Taiwan, tourists gathered Friday to try to catch a glimpse of any military aircraft heading toward the exercise area.
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