Determined to stoke tensions with China until the end, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday threatened new sanctions against Beijing and announced the US ambassador to the UN will be visiting Taiwan.
Pompeo threatened sanctions over recent arrests in Hong Kong. In December, the Trump administration slapped sanctions on members of Beijing’s legislature over Hong Kong’s national security law. Earlier this year, the administration sanctioned several Hong Kong officials, including the city’s leader, Carrie Lam.
Pompeo also said that US Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft will be making a visit to Taiwan, making her the third high-level US official to visit the island in recent months. In August, Health Secretary Alex Azar visited Taiwan, making him the highest-level US official to make a diplomatic trip to Taiwan since Washington severed formal ties with Taipei in 1979.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying responded to Pompeo’s comments and warned the US against interfering in China’s internal affairs. She accused the Trump administration of engaging in a “last-minute of madness” to further harm US-China relations.
I just can’t wait for Pompeo and Trump to be gone!
Me either. But I dread what follows.
Conservatives have a bull’s eye on their backs now. Biden shows no signs of being magnanimous. It’s going to be hell for the nexts four years. But the Dems just may go too far.
So tired of this pig…
Pompeo is using sanctions and the threats of them, like the Germans used the U-Boat threat.
The rioting/insurgency in Hong Kong was foreign inspired, with the rioters carrying foreign flags. The leaders were made out to be heroes in the West.
The reaction to the local rioting in the US is very different,
Yes, and many rioters were carrying U.S. flags in Hong Kong. Not too hard to figure out who was behind it.
This idiot is not worth commenting…!
Official relations between the US and Taiwan are in violation of the United States – People’s Republic of China Joint Communiqués which are intended to be an essential guide to US behavior. The last two state: “. . the people of the United States will maintain cultural, commercial, and other unofficial relations with the people of Taiwan” here. (my bolding)