China “Condemns Grave US Interference In China’s Internal Affairs”, Warns Of Consequences

Since the COVID-19 Pandemic outbreak in January, diplomatic relations between the US and China continue to deteriorate by the day if not by the hour.  

Secretary of State Michael Pompeo tweeted congratulations on Tuesday to Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen who was sworn in on Wednesday for a second presidential term, China promptly denounces Pompeo’s message as “wrong and very dangerous”, with the Ministry of National Defense releasing a statement Wednesday that said the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) would “take all necessary measures to firmly safeguard” China’s sovereignty, while the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs saying Pompeo’s comments “seriously violated” the one-China principle.

This was followed moments ago by China’s state-owned Global Times tweeting that China “urges” the US to:

• Cut its official ties with Taiwan;
• Stop upgrading substantive relations with Taiwan;
• Stop interfering in China’s internal affairs;
• Stop undermining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, as well as China-US bilateral relations.

The tweet was followed by another, in which the Global Times said, quoting its editor-in-chief and notorious twitter troll. Hu Xijin, that “it doesn’t matter if there is a little friction on the Taiwan question, but the US shouldn’t take any serious action or go too far. Otherwise, China will take countermeasures and leave the US stuck in a precarious position.” 

China’s latest posturing and jawboning with the United States is also likely in response to latest escalation which saw the U.S. Senate today pass a Bill aimed at increasing oversight of Chinese companies, which would require Chinese firms listed in the US markets to delist from US stock exchanges, and would require companies to certify no government control.