NEW: China's ambassador to the U.S. warned in a rare interview with NPR that if Taiwanese authorities 'keep going down the road for independence,' it would 'most likely' lead to a 'military conflict' between the U.S. and China.
that if Taiwanese authorities "keep going down the road for independence," it would "most likely" lead to a "military conflict" between the U.S. and China.Chinese officials rarely speak in such blunt terms, but veteran diplomat Qin Gang was unequivocal: "The Taiwan issue is the biggest tinderbox between China and the United States.
Qin claimed in his interview with NPR that Taiwan has been "emboldened by the United States," which maintains a policy of "strategic ambiguity" on whether it would go to war with China to defend the island from an invasion.Qin's interview, the first with a U.S. journalist since he took office last July, came days afterThe big picture:
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