China warns the US not to ‘play with fire’ over a $2.2 billion sale of tanks and missiles to Taiwan.
“We urge the US to fully recognize the gravity of the Taiwan question,” Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, said Friday, according to Reuters. He added that the US should “not to play with fire on the question of Taiwan.”
“If the US side wants to create new troubles in US-China relations, ultimately their actions will backfire,” the Chinese diplomat remarked, the Associated Press reported.
