China’s Foreign Ministry, has summoned the American ambassador to Beijing over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan.
China. lodged a protest with US Ambassador Nicholas Burns over the unannounced visit by Pelosi to Taiwan which Beijing calls a “breakaway province.”
“The nature of Pelosi’s visit is extremely vicious and the consequence is very grave,” China’s Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng told Burns.
“The US must pay the price for its own mistake. China will take necessary and resolute countermeasures and we mean what we say,” the Chinese diplomat told the US ambassador.