The flag on the car of the US Consulate in Shanghai. File photoMOSCOW, Sep 13The US is considering imposing sanctions on Beijing to keep it «from taking over Taiwan,» Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter. «, the agency said in a statement. It is noted that the island's administration is also discussing the imposition of sanctions with European officials. So far Taiwan has asked them to come up with a plan of action they can take if Beijing «attacks» the island. However, according to one source, Germany is «cautious» about this idea. According to the agency, the discussion of possible sanctions began after the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, but became more active after large-scale military exercises of the PRC in response to the visit of the speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to the island.
«They're not ready for this.» How Washington Threatened Beijing According to sources, discussions in Washington are «in the early stages.» For now, the White House is focused on achieving unity of opinion on this issue among other countries and not provoking Beijing. Official relations between the central government of the PRC and its island province broke off in 1949 after being defeated in a civil war with the Communist Party of China Kuomintang forces led by Chiang Kai-shek moved to Taiwan. Business and informal contacts between the island and mainland China resumed in the late 1980s. Since the early 1990s, the parties began to contact through non-governmental organizations — the Beijing Association for the Development of Relations across the Taiwan Strait and the Taipei Cross-Strait Exchange Foundation. The situation around Taiwan escalated after the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the island in early August. China, which considers the island one of its provinces, condemned the visit, seeing the move as US support for Taiwanese separatism, and held large-scale military exercises. US is deliberately provoking China over Taiwan, says ambassador to China
