China blasts Pentagon official's visit to Taiwan

By Associated Press

Feb 23, 2023 3:00 am

BEIJING: China on Wednesday sharply criticized a senior Pentagon official's visit to Taiwan and reaffirmed that it had sanctioned two companies for supplying military equipment to the self-governing island democracy.

The comments from the Cabinet's Taiwan Affairs Office underscore the dramatic deterioration in relations between Beijing and Washington over Taipei, technology, spying allegations and, increasingly, Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

SUN SETS OVER SQUARE Two soldiers fold Taiwan’s national flag during their daily flag ceremony in Liberty Square of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in the capital Taipei on July 30, 2022. AP FILE PHOTO

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