Nancy Pelosi, 82, the highest-ranking US official to visit Taiwan in 25 years, visited Taiwan, which China claims as part of its own and vows to integrate with the mainland, even by force.
China on Friday announced sanctions on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her immediate family members for her visit to Taiwan this week, disregarding the strident warnings from Beijing, asserting that it violated China바카라s sovereignty and the "One China policy".
Pelosi, 82, the highest-ranking US official to visit Taiwan in 25 years, visited Taiwan, which Beijing claims as part of its own and vows to integrate with the Chinese mainland, even by force.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry, which criticised her visit and lodged stern protests to the US by summoning its Ambassador to China Chris Burns, issued a statement on Friday imposing sanctions against Pelosi and her family.
바카라In disregard of China바카라s grave concerns and firm opposition, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi insisted on visiting China바카라s Taiwan region,바카라 the statement said.
바카라This constitutes gross interference in China바카라s internal affairs. It gravely undermines China바카라s sovereignty and territorial integrity, seriously tramples on the one-China principle, and severely threatens peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait,바카라 it said.
바카라In response to Pelosi바카라s egregious provocation, China decides to adopt sanctions on Pelosi and her immediate family members in accordance with relevant laws of the People바카라s Republic of China,바카라 it added.
The sanctions against Pelosi were regarded as symbolic and it bans her and her family members from travelling to China.
Earlier, China had imposed sanctions against 28 former Trump administration officials, including the then US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
China바카라s action against Pelosi came amid rare vocal criticism by the Chinese, especially in the local media about the government's failure to stop Pelosi바카라s visit to Taiwan andher talks with the island's top leadership on Wednesday.
Pelosi바카라s visit was regarded as a setback for the image of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is widely expected to get an unprecedented third-five-year term, unlike his predecessors.
He is expected to be endorsed in the once-in-a-five-year Congress of the ruling Communist Party of China in the next few months.
Besides the diplomatic offensive against Pelosi, China has announced four-day military drills since Thursday in which the Chinese military fired ballistic missiles into the Taiwan Strait in a major show of strength.
Beijing also pressed its aircraft carrier group which included a nuclear submarine into the drills.
바카라All the missiles hit the target accurately, testing the precision strike and area denial capabilities. The entire live ammunition launch training mission has been successfully completed, and the relevant sea and airspace control has been lifted,바카라 the PLA statement said.
Taiwan has confirmed that the PLA has launched several Dongfeng tactical ballistic missiles capable of flying up to 500km into the northeast and southwest waters of the island on Thursday afternoon, a day after Pelosi left Taiwan.
A statement from the island바카라s defence ministry said China fired multiple DF series missiles.
It is the first time mainland missiles have flown over the island. 바카라The defence ministry condemned the irrational actions to undermine regional peace,바카라 the Taiwanese Defence Ministry statement said.
Taiwan also cancelled airline flights on Thursday as the Chinese navy fired artillery near the island. In Tokyo, where Pelosi is winding up her Asia trip, she said China cannot stop US officials from visiting Taiwan.
US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken criticised the Chinese military drills saying that the firing of missiles around Taiwan was a disproportionate, significant, and unjustified escalation and the United States had made it repeatedly clear to China that it was not seeking a crisis.
Blinken told a news conference on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum on Friday that the United States would not be provoked by China and Washington was seriously concerned, adding 바카라there was no possible justification for what they have done,바카라 the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.
In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying denounced Pelosi바카라s statement after her visit to Taiwan, in which she said that the "US stands with Taiwan."
바카라We often hear US politicians say that they are standing together with so and so, but history and facts have repeatedly shown that whomever the US politicians claim they are standing together with would become the targets of chaos and disaster,바카라 Hua said on Thursday.
바카라Just look at Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Afghanistan, and also look at the people responsible for what Pelosi called 바카라a beautiful sight to behold바카라 in Hong Kong and the 바카라Hong Kong independence바카라 separatists. See what has become of them? Hua added.
(With PTI inputs)