SCMP: China draws national security red lines in its trade war with the United States
* Former top officials say Beijing will not compromise on core sovereignty interests, from the internet to Taiwan
China’s national security issues – from Taiwan to the South China Sea and food security – will be at stake as the United States expands the trade war, according to some of Beijing’s most experienced US hands.
Beijing has long claimed that national interests were at the heart of its main differences with Washington in the trade talks but it had not specified them publicly.
But at a forum in Beijing on Friday, Zhou Wenchong, China’s ambassador to the US from 2005 to 2010, said the biggest problem was whether the US could accept and agree with “the development and flourishing of a socialist China”.
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Update #1: China says U.S. actions on Taiwan, South China Sea threaten stability (Reuters)
Update #2: Chinese general tells US to stop using Taiwan, South China Sea to stir up trouble (SCMP)
Update #3: Chinese Minister Blasts US for Undermining One China Policy With Taiwan Actions (Sputnik)
WNU Editor: There is no middle ground between the U.S. and China right now.
