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TAIWAN - Chinese officials summoned US Ambassador Nicholas Burns in the middle of the night for a meeting to protest Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan.
Burns was summoned to appear by Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng, who is specifically in charge of
HARARE - An ITV security guard plotted to kill Robert Mugabe at the World Cup Final in South Africa by breaking his neck, a sports commentator has claimed. Sports journalist Ned Boulting (53) said that the security guard blamed Mugabe for his brother’s death and that it was his ‘lifetime ambition’ to kill the African leader. Referring to the man under the
Shipping and air traffic will also be closed in those areas in what amounts to a blockade, as experts say Beijing is rehearsing its ability to cut the managing China’s relationship with the United States.
Pelosi’s visit infuriated Beijing, who repeatedly warned Pelosi not to make a stop there during her South Asia tour. Chinese officials called the visit a ‘violation of the one-China principle.’ In the summons, Xie stressed the ‘nature of Pelosi’s visit island off from the outside world in the event of a war.
But Pelosi - who on Tuesday became the most-senior politician to
is extremely vicious and the consequence is very grave. The Chinese side will not sit idly by,’ Chinese State media reported.
Xie said President Joe Biden’s government should have ‘restrained Pelosi’s unscrupulous move and prevented her from going against the historical trend but instead indulged her and colluded with her.’
The White House said they knew Burns had been in discussions with the Chinese but refused to confirm pseudonym Peter, he said that the guard had seen his opportunity following the announcement that Mugabe would be a VIP guest at the final in Johannesburg, according to The Times.
Boulting said that Peter told an ITV cameraman that he would ‘snap Mugabe’s neck’- 32 minutes into the second half of the match between Spain and the Netherlands.
the middle-of-the-night meeting.
‘We know that Ambassador Burns has had discussions with his Chinese interlocutors, but I’d refer you to the State Department in terms of being summoned in the middle of the night,’ said White House Spokesperson John Kirby at Tuesday’s press briefing.
The speaker’s hotel in Taipei was surrounded by security as China backed up their warnings with a show of force, including live-fire drills.