WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday the United States is concerned about China’s aggressive actions against Taiwan and warned it would be a “serious mistake” for anyone to try to change the status quo in the Western Pacific by force.
“What we’ve seen, and what is of real concern to us, is increasingly aggressive actions by the government in Beijing directed at Taiwan, raising tensions in the Straits,” Blinken said in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Beijing on Thursday blamed the United States for tensions after a U.S. warship sailed close to Taiwan.
The United States has a longstanding commitment under the Taiwan Relations Act to en…
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