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Washington, United States — The United States on Friday warned China not to interfere in Taiwan’s upcoming presidential elections, urging “responsible behavior on all sides.”
The lead-up to the self-ruled island’s January 13 poll is being closely watched — including by policymakers in Beijing and Washington — as it could determine the future of Taiwan’s relations with an increasingly bellicose China.
“Our strong expectation and hope is that those elections be free of intimidation, or coercion, or interference from all sides,” said the US ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns.
Taiwan is a major tension point between China and the United States, Taipei’s most important ally.
