China cuts ties with US over climate and military issues after missile launches over Taiwan – Live News | Taiwan

Hello and welcome to The Guardian’s ongoing live coverage Taiwan crisis. After 10:30 am in Taipei, the latest developments are summarized.

• US, Australian and Japanese foreign ministers urge China to immediately end military exercises near TaiwanIn a joint statement after meeting in Phnom Penh on the side of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Australian and Japanese Foreign Ministers Penny Wong and Yoshimasa Hayashi said: Their concerns over the recent actions of the People’s Republic of China that seriously affect international peace and stability, including the use of large-scale military exercises”. The Japanese government reported that five of them landed in the exclusive economic zone, heightening tensions and destabilizing the region.”
• Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov left a plenary session in Cambodia just as Japanese diplomat Yoshimasa Hayashi made a speech. On Friday. Wang held a rare press conference late Friday, accusing Secretary of State Anthony Brinken of spreading misinformation. He called Nancy Pelosi’s visit a “vile farce” and stressed that China’s military response to it was “resolute, forceful and appropriate.”
• US Special Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry said China’s decision to suspend bilateral talks on climate change with the US did not punish Washington but “punishes the world.””. The former US Secretary of State, now the Biden administration’s top climate diplomat, said that “no country should hold back progress on real, transnational issues because of differences between the two countries.” . A spokesman for the National Security Council, John Kirby, also told reporters that China’s decision to halt cooperation in many critical areas was “fundamentally irresponsible.”
• Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says China’s military exercises near Taiwan pose a threat to regional securityBeijing has announced four days of training scheduled to end on Sunday. The exercise is a “serious issue that affects national security and the safety of the public,” Kishida told reporters after a meeting with the Speaker of the US House of Representatives. Nancy Pelosiin Tokyo on Friday.
• Taiwan’s defense ministry said on Friday that the island’s military had dispatched aircraft and ships and deployed land-based missile systems to monitor ships and aircraft. Just crossed the Taiwan Strait Central Line. On Thursday, China launched multiple missiles into waters around Taiwan. The Defense Department later said the missile was high in the atmosphere and posed no threat. Details of the flight path were not disclosed, citing information concerns. Taiwan also said it scrambled jets on Friday to alert 49 Chinese aircraft in its air defense zone, according to Reuters. In a statement, the ministry said all 49 Chinese planes had crossed the central line of the Taiwan Strait.
• North Korea denounces Nancy Pelosi as ‘worst destroyer of international peace and stability’after the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives expressed her commitment to achieving the denuclearization of North Korea during a visit to South Korea.
• China’s foreign ministry spokesman said China “has historically been a victim of foreign aggression”. In a series of tweets on Friday, Hua Chunying said: Today, the United States still interferes grossly in China’s internal affairs, sometimes trying to undermine China’s sovereignty and security. ”