Chinese state media blasts Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's latest move on Taiwan


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BEIJING: China's state media lashed out at the latest move on Taiwan by the departing Trump administration, accusing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of "seeking to maliciously inflict a long-lasting scar on China-U.S. ties." A writer for the official Xinhua News Agency also said in a commentary Sunday that the lifting of longstanding restrictions on U.S. government contacts with Taiwanese counterparts proves that Pompeo "is only interested in stoking unwarranted confrontations, and has no interest in world peace." Another commentary posted online by CGTN, the English-language channel of state broadcaster CCTV , called Pompeo's announcement "a cowardly act of...