- Title: China warns US after warship transits Taiwan Strait
- Date: 17th January 2020
- Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (JANUARY 17, 2020) (REUTERS) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN GENG SHUANG ARRIVING AT DAILY NEWS CONFERENCE JOURNALISTS SITTING (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, GENG SHUANG, SAYING: "China closely watched and followed the entire journey of the U.S. warship as it crossed the Taiwan Strait. The Taiwan issue is about China's sovereig
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- Keywords: China Taiwan warships
- Location: BEIJING, CHINA
- City: BEIJING, CHINA
- Country: China
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001BWK7PDZ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: China's military closely followed and monitored a U.S. warship that sailed through the Taiwan Strait, foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Friday (January 17).
Thursday's transit of the Strait came less than a week after Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen won re-election by a landslide on a platform of standing up to China, which claims the island.
China urges the United States to abide by the 'one China' principle and deal with Taiwan-related matters in a way that does not undermine China-U.S. relations or stability in the region, Geng told reporters during a daily briefing.
China claims Taiwan as its sacred territory, to be taken by force if needed, a threat President Xi Jinping reiterated a year ago, although saying he preferred a peaceful solution.
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