China's actions are 'extreme, disproportionate and escalatory', says Blinken
The US secretary of state said there was 'no justification' for China's military drills around Taiwan after the US house speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub Addressing a news conference on the sidelines of the Asean regional forum meeting, Antony Blinken said the US had repeatedly told China it did not seek a crisis. He added that Pelosi’s visit was peaceful but China chose to 'overreact' Taiwan crisis – live ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/aug/05/china-taiwan-news-live-fire-military-drills-exercises-us-warns-mistake-could-lead-to-conflict China halts US cooperation on range of issues after Pelosi’s Taiwan visit ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/05/china-halts-us-cooperation-nancy-pelosi-taiwan The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3uhA7zg Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► http://theguardian.com/first-edition Website ► https://www.theguardian.com Facebook ►https://www.facebook.com/theguardian Twitter ► https://twitter.com/guardian Instagram ► https://instagram.com/guardian The Guardian on YouTube: The Guardian ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #China #Taiwan #US
