China on Saturday asked the US to rectify the "mistakes" of former President Donald Trump's aggressive policies towards Beijing and flagged Taiwan as the most important and sensitive core issue for it. China resents US support for Taiwan, which Beijing views as a rebel province that must be reunified with the mainland, even by force. The Taiwan question, the most important and sensitive core issue in China-US relations, bears on China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Yang as telling Blinken. China considers Taiwan as part of its mainland and apprehends that the US is stepping its engagement with Taipei with military and political assistance. China has been building military bases on artificial islands in the region also claimed by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.

Source: Indian Express February 06, 2021 14:34 UTC