China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, warned at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday that any U.S. effort to use Taiwan to undermine Beijing’s claims could cross a red line and risk direct confrontation between the two powers.
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Foreign Minister Wang said that in the future, the United States could adopt a China policy that involves "instigating and plotting to split China through Taiwan, crossing China's red line".
"This could very likely lead to a confrontation between China and the United States," he said.
He added that he hoped Washington would pursue a "positive and pragmatic" approach, "but we are also prepared to deal with various risks".
China claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own territory and has not ruled out the use of force to bring it under its control.
