China calls on US to withdraw troops from Taiwan


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8th October (NWN) — China called on the United States to withdraw troops from Taiwan on Friday in response to reports that a small presence of US troops has been training there for at least a year. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the United States should cease military contact with Taiwan and maintain its commitment to the 1979 One-China Agreement. Under the agreement, the United States agreed to recognize formal relations with China instead of the island of Taiwan. “The One China Principle is the political basis of China-US relations,” Zhao told reporters on Friday. “The US must...