'The U.S. needs to be fully aware of the extreme importance and highly sensitive nature of the Taiwan question,' a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.
alleged that"instead of sticking with the status quo that was established in a positive way," China had made"a fundamental decision that the status quo was no longer acceptable and that Beijing was determined to pursue reunification on a much faster timeline."
But Blinken's position was backed up later that day by State Department principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel, who said that the U.S. position on Taiwan"has not changed and is the same." "We are committed to doing everything we can to make sure that Taiwan has the ability to effectively defend itself against aggression," Blinken said Thursday."And we've also made very clear to China that our expectation is these differences will be resolved peacefully."
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