Blinken warns against China using Taiwan VP's US stop as pretext for 'provocative action'

18 July 2023
Blinken warns against China using Taiwan VP's US stop as pretext for 'provocative action'

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns China against taking any action over Taiwan Vice President William Lai's planned stop in the United States on his way to Paraguay. "There is no reason for the PRC to use this transit as a pretext for provocative action," Blinken says, calling the scheduled stopover "very routine."