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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Ben Blanchard and Martin Quin Pollard

China risks miscalculation with pressure on Taiwan, U.S. says

U.S. assistant Secretary of State for East Asia Daniel Kritenbrink arrives at a roundtable with correspondents in Bangkok, Thailand, December 3, 2021. REUTERS/Kay Johnson

China's efforts to coerce and undermine Taiwan risk miscalculation and its pressure campaign will most likely continue, Daniel Kritenbrink, the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia, said.

China, which claims Taiwan as its territory, has been carrying out war games and military drills around the island this month to show its anger at a visit to Taipei by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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