Beijing has registered “solemn representations” with Canberra after former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott visited Taiwan, implying that Australia would support the island against Beijing, which considers it part of China. Speaking at a routine press conference on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian called on Canberra to re-evaluate its relationship with Beijing in […]
Etichetă: pledging
Mixed signals from US as Blinken deletes tweet pledging Washington’s support to Hong Kong anti-government protesters
The US secretary of state has caused confusion by deleting a post critical of Hong Kong’s unseating of opposition council members and issuing a milder remark instead. A department spokesperson stuck to the original wording. This week, seven opposition district councillors in Hong Kong were unseated after a deadline expired for them to submit information […]

