China urges US to acknowledge Taiwan is Chinese

The Chinese government called on the United States Wednesday to acknowledge that Taiwan is part of China, reacting to a US Congress pledge of “unwavering” support for the island’s security. “Our position is consistent, we hope that the US side can support, the one-China principle,” Fan Liqing, spokeswoman of China’s cabinet-level Taiwan Affairs Office, told journalists in a brief statement. She was referring to diplomatic agreements between China and the United States that declare

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