China and the United States could end up in a military conflict if the United States encourages Taiwan's independence, Beijing's ambassador to Washington said in a US radio interview broadcast on Friday.
China considers the neighboring, democratically ruled island of Taiwan its"sacred" territory and has never renounced the use of force to ensure eventual unification."Let me emphasize this. The Taiwan issue is the biggest tinder-box between China and the United States," Qin Gang told National Public Radio.
The US State Department and White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Qin's remark, which came just hours after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed the crisis over Ukraine.While Chinese officials have warned of military action over Taiwan, it is unusual for them to link it directly to the United States.
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