US State Dept. Official: ‘China is altering the status quo across the Taiwan Strait and undermining the framework that has enabled peace, stability, and development for decades’

Taiwan News
Date: 2018/05/26
By:  Central News Agency

WASHINGTON (CNA) — The U.S. State Department on Friday accused China of changing the cross-Taiwan Strait status quo as it expressed disappointment at Burkina Faso’s decision to break diplomatic ties with Taiwan, widely suspected to be due to enticements from Beijing.

“China is altering the status quo across the Taiwan Strait and undermining the framework that has enabled peace, stability, and development for decades,” a spokesperson for the department said in an emailed response to the media.

“We have a shared interest in international security stability and we are disappointed that Burkina Faso did not take these factors into consideration in its decision to cut ties with Taiwan.”    [FULL  STORY]