China tells Biden to reverse ‘dangerous practice’ on Taiwan

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a remote video press conference held on the sidelines of the annual meeting of China’s National People’s Congress in Beijing (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

China’s foreign minister has warned the Biden administration to roll back former US President Donald Trump’s “dangerous practice” of showing support for Taiwan, the island democracy claimed by Beijing as its own territory.

The claim to Taiwan, which split with the mainland in 1949, is an “insurmountable red line”, Wang Yi said at a news conference during the annual meeting of China’s ceremonial legislature.