Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying compared the US policy towards other countries to the killing of George Floyd.
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“We cannot allow the US to consider itself the ‘world policeman’ and treat other countries like George Floyd, whom they intimidated and strangled at will,” she wrote on Twitter.
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So the diplomat responded to the statements of the White House that “Beijing reacted too sharply to the visit of the Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan.”
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Pelosi visited Taiwan last week, and this provoked another round of tension, as China does not recognize the sovereignty of the island, considers it its province and strongly opposes any contact between Taipei and officials and military from other countries.
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Against the background of the visit of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Beijing began large-scale military exercises off the coast of the island, imposed sanctions against two Taiwanese foundations, Pelosi herself and her close relatives, took other measures, and blamed all the negative consequences on Washington and Taipei.
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African-American George Floyd was killed by a white police officer during his arrest on May 25, 2020. This provoked mass protests and riots throughout the United States, as well as a public discussion about the need to reform the police.
