WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China has no justification for using an annual national day speech by Taiwan as a pretext for military pressure, a senior U.S. administration official said on Wednesday.
The official made the comment to reporters ahead of a speech by Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Thursday, which is likely to be followed by Chinese military drills, according to Taiwan officials.
The U.S. official said Taiwan had briefed diplomatic partners on Lai’s speech, but the content of his remarks would be up to Taiwan officials.
(Reporting by Michael Martina, David Brunnstrom and Trevor Hunnicutt, Editing by Franklin Paul)
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