We are getting friendlier with Taiwan - this is a good thing. China is not happy.
From the South China Morning Post:
China tells US to stop building relationship with Taiwan after economic dialogue announcement
Beijing on Tuesday asked the US to stop upgrading its unofficial diplomatic relations with Taiwan, after Washington’s announcement of a new economic dialogue with Taiwan.
“We called on the US to ... stop official interaction with Taiwan in all forms,” said Hua Chunying, spokeswoman of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday.
Hua described the US Taiwan Relations Act, which allows for de facto diplomatic relations, as “illegal” and “invalid”, adding that it violates the one-China principle.
On Monday, US assistant secretary of state David Stilwell said that the United States and Taiwan would establish a new economic dialogue focused on semiconductors, health care, energy and other technology sectors.
I like Taiwan - got the chance to visit there once and really enjoyed myself. My favorite tool store (Grizzly) imports machine tools from China and from Taiwan (also India) and the quality of the Taiwanese and Indian tools is significantly better than the best from China. Fit and finish, precision, quality of materials. All around better.
Good that we are establishing better ties with them - they are a bastion of freedom in a section of the world that needs it. China not happy? Boo hoo. So sad, too bad.
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