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April 8, 2021 Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian attends a news conference in Beijing, China BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing blamed the United States on Thursday for tensions over Taiwan after a U.S. warship sailed close to the Chinese-claimed island, asking rhetorically whether China would sail in the Gulf of Mexico as a “show of strength”. The democratically-run island has complained of repeated military activities by Beijing in recent months, with China’s air force making almost daily forays into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone. On Monday, China said an aircraft carrier group was exercising close to the island, and on...
