China has filed complaints over a statement unveiled at a first-of-its-kind summit of the rulers of the United States, South Korea and Japan in which they accused Beijing’s “perilous and unlawful disposition”. US President Joe Biden hosted the summit – said as launching a “fresh chapter” of close, three-way safety cooperation – at the presidential retreat Camp David.
In a collaborative statement on Friday, the three rulers said they were against the “perilous and angry disposition” of China in maritime disputes in the East and South China Sea. Beijing hit back on Monday, saying the rulers “soiled and criticized China on Taiwan-related and maritime issues, miserably noses into China’s internal affairs and deliberately sowed discord between China and its adjacent nations”.
On Saturday, China’s People’s Liberation Army staged air and sea drills around Taiwan in what it named it as a “stringent warning” after the island’s vice-president William Lai came to the US. “If related nations really have a concern related to serenity and stability in the Taiwan Strait, they should abide by the ‘one China’ principle, halt condoning and supporting separatists advocating for Taiwan independence and their activities, and take stringent measures to safeguard areal serenity and stability,” Mr Wang conveyed.