WASHINGTON: A US official on Wednesday played down China's threats to punish US companies for selling arms to Taiwan, saying that Beijing was jeopardising regional stability.
"There have been threats and there have been provocations about that," he told reporters when asked about Chinese sanctions. "The provocations that are coming from Beijing - the bullying behaviour, as one may assess - that is where the provocateurs lie, not with Taiwan maintaining its own self-defence," he said.The United States only recognises Beijing, which considers Taiwan - where China's defeated nationalists fled in 1949 - to be a territory awaiting reunification.
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