VP Harris condemns “disturbing” actions by China in the Pacific while pledging to deepen “unofficial ties” with Taiwan.
Harris made her remarks on the deck on the USS Howard destroyer during a visit to the largest overseas U.S. Navy installation in the world at Yokosuka, near the“China is undermining key elements of the international rules-based order,” said Harris, who is on a four-day trip to Asia.
The U.S. subscribes to a “one China” policy that formally recognizes only Beijing but binds the U.S. government to provide democratically ruled Taiwan with the means to defend itself. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited to Taiwan in August, infuriating China, which then carried out its largest-ever military exercises around the island.
Wang Wenbin, spokesman at the Chinese foreign ministry, told a regular media briefing that the United States needed to return to the one China policy and “unequivocally make clear that it opposes all Taiwan separatist activities.” The base where Harris spoke is home to 24,000 military and civilian workers who could be called on in a regional conflict. It’s also the home of the USS Ronald Reagan, an aircraft carrier now in South Korea to participate in joint drills meant to deter North Korea. Harris will visit the demilitarized zone separating the Koreas on Thursday.
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