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FM Spox-China To Take Resolute Measures If Pelosi TWN Trip Goes Ahead

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Wires carrying comments from Chinese Foreign Ministry spox Hua Chunying.

  • Hua: China to take 'resolute measures' if [Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy] Pelosi's Taiwan trip goes ahead.
  • Hua: China has been in communication with the US, hope the US can be clear about the gravity and sensitivity of this matter.
  • Hua: Foreign Minister Wang Yi has no plans to meet w/US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting.
  • In a non-associated event, The Guardian reported yesterday that a delegation of British MPs from the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee could visit Taiwan in November or early December. Coming so shortly after Beijing lashed out at London for hosting a meeting with Taiwanese Trade Minister John Deng in June, speculation of a UK visit to Taiwan could inflame East-West tensions further.

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