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China's foreign minister Qin Gang walking off stage after delivering a speech during the opening ceremony of the Lanting Forum at the Grand Halls in Shanghai on Friday. Photograph: Hector Retamal/AFP China’s foreign minister has warned countries that intervene in Taiwan that they are playing with fire and will eventually get burned. Qin Gang said that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to China and that this represented the status quo. “Recently there has been absurd rhetoric accusing China of upending the status quo, disrupting peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. Such claims go against basic common sense...
