Blinken Calls on Beijing to Cease ‘Provocative Actions’ Towards Taiwan

Read MoreThe Chinese regime should cease its “provocative” military maneuvers near Taiwan, which is “dangerous” and risks miscalculation, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Oct. 6. “The actions we’ve seen by China are provocative and potentially destabilizing,” Blinken told Bloomberg Television in Paris. “What I hope is that these actions will cease because there is always the possibility of miscalculation, of miscommunication, and that’s dangerous,” he said. Beijing has ramped up military aggression toward the self-ruled island, over which it has for decades sought to claim sovereignty. Since Oct. 1, an anniversary marking the founding of the Chinese communist regime, Chinese warplanes have flown over the island’s air defense zone for five days straight, which on Monday with a record 56 aircraft sent in a single day. The campaign saw 150 military flights dispatched by Beijing. “Provocative actions go in exactly the wrong direction. And it’s very important that no …