China slams US Blinken’s ’extremely dangerous’ support for Taiwan comment

China News Service: It is reported that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said if China’s mainland “invades” Taiwan, it would be a potentially disastrous decision. In the last couple of years, China has been trying to change the status quo across the Taiwan Strait by engaging in provocative military maneuvers and by trying to isolate Taiwan in the international community. The US is resolutely committed to “making sure Taiwan has the means to defend itself”, Blinken said. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin recently also said that the US should maintain its capacity to resist any resort to force that would jeopardize the security of the people of Taiwan. What’s your comment? Zhao Lijian: The Taiwan question is China’s internal affair. The remarks by relevant officials in the US flagrantly challenge the one-China principle, violate the stipulations of the three China-US Joint Communiqués and US commitment, and send a seriously wrong signal to the “Taiwan independence” separatist forces. China st