BBCNEWS Newsday June 4, 2024 00:04:00
Kevin mccarthy telling reporters that the two nations held a shared belief, as he put it, in democracy and freedom, and that their friendship was "a matter of profound importance to the free world." china, of course, will not be relishing that sort of exchange of pleasantries. it had warned earlier that the us was "playing with fire," as it put it, by welcoming president tsai in this way. yeah, david, in the last few minutes, there have been some comments coming through from beijing, according to the reuters and afp newswares. just tell our audiences what has been said. china says it will take...