China has said it is canceling or suspending dialogue with the United States on a range of issues from climate change to military relations and anti drug efforts in retaliation for a visit this week to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. China’s retaliation efforts didn’t stop there, in addition to suspending communication, China on Thursday fired missiles over Taiwan.
The Chinese government has made their resentment of Taiwan well known. They see the small island as a breakaway province, where the Taiwanese people want a separate nation. The tensions between China and Taiwan have been high since the start of the fight for the Taiwan Strait in 1954.
The United States and China’s relationship is rocky to say the least, and a top United States political figure visiting China’s enemy is bound to cause further tension between the two biggest economies in the world. China’s response to Pelosi’s visit was to flex their military might by practicing live fire drills in six locations near Taiwan within hours of Pelosi’s arrival.
Now the question seems to be, what’s next for U.S.- China relations? The White House reacted to China’s actions by summoning China’s ambassador late Thursday to tell him that the military actions were of “concern to Taiwan, to us and to our partners around the world,” said spokesman John Kirby. If compromise is not found soon between the two most powerful nations, the power struggle could be catastrophic.
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