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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will not travel to the Winter Olympics in Beijing in February, and neither Interior Minister Nancy Faeser. “I am a big sports fan but this time I will definitely not go – in the past, it has also not been common for foreign ministers to go,” she told dpa. She said it was her personal decision and that Germany is still seeking a joint position with EU partners regarding a possible diplomatic boycott of the Games in protest against China’s human rights records. Faeser, whose portfolio includes sport, will also not go, ministry spokesman Steve Alter said … Read more about German foreign, interior ministers won’t go to Beijing Olympics …
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will take “drastic measures” if Taiwan makes moves towards independence, a Beijing official warned on Wednesday, adding that Taiwan’s provocations and outside meddling could intensify next year. China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and in the past two years has stepped up military and diplomatic pressure to assert its sovereignty claim, fuelling anger in Taipei and concern in Washington. China was willing to try its utmost to seek peaceful reunification with Taiwan but would act if any red lines on independence were crossed, Ma Xiaoguang, s… Read more about China warns of “drastic measures” if Taiwan provokes on independence …