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China warns Canada over planned Taiwan visit by parliamentarians. Beijing threatens 'forceful measures' if Canada 'interferes' as MPs plan trade ... SkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationAdvertisementNewsOpinionSportCultureLifestyleShowMoreShowMoreNewsWorldnewsUKnewsCoronavirusClimatecrisisEnvironmentScienceGlobaldevelopmentFootballTechBusinessObituariesOpinionTheGuardianviewColumnistsCartoonsOpinionvideosLettersSportFootballCricketRugbyunionTennisCyclingF1GolfUSsportsCultureBooksMusicTV&radioArt&designFilmGamesClassicalStageLifestyleFashionFoodRecipesLove&sexHealth&fitnessHome&gardenWomenMenFamilyTravelMoneyMakeacontributionSubscribeSearchjobsHolidaysDigitalArchiveGuardianPuzzlesappGuardiancontentlicensingsiteTheGuardianappVideoPodcastsPicturesNewslettersToday'spaperInsidetheGuardianTheObserverGuardianWeeklyCrosswordsFacebookTwitterSearchjobsHolidaysDigitalArchiveGuardianPuzzlesappGuardiancontentlicensingsiteWorldEuropeUSAmericasAsiaAustraliaMiddleEastAfricaInequalityGlobaldevelopmentTaiwanChinawarnsCanadaoverplannedTaiwanvisitbyparliamentariansBeijingthreatens‘forcefulmeasures’ifCanada‘interferes’asMPsplantradedelegationtoTaipeilaterthisyearTaiwanflagsflutterinTaipei.ChinaclaimsTaiwanasitsterritoryunderits‘one-Chinaprinciple’,whichCanadaformallyendorseswhilemaintainingunofficialties.Photograph:AnnWang/ReutersTaiwanflagsflutterinTaipei.ChinaclaimsTaiwanasitsterritoryunderits‘one-Chinaprinciple’,whichCanadaformallyendorseswhilemaintainingunofficialties.Photograph:AnnWang/ReutersReutersinOttawaWed24Aug202216.37BSTLastmodifiedonWed24Aug202217.57BSTChinawarneditwilltake“forcefulmeasures”ifCanada“interferes”inTaiwan,aweekafteritemergedthatadelegationofCanadianparliamentarianswasplanningtovisittheislandlaterthisyeartoexploretradeopportunities.ChinaclaimsTaiwanasitsterritoryunderits“one-Chinaprinciple”andobjectstoforeignpoliticiansvisitingtheisland.DemocraticallygovernedTaiwanrejectsChina’sclaims.USandTaiwantoholdformaltalkstoboosttradetiesamidChinatensionsReadmore“WeurgetheCanadiansidetoabidebytheone-ChinaprincipleandrespectChina’ssovereigntyandterritorialintegrity,”theChineseembassyinCanadasaidinastatementsentlateonTuesday.“ChinawilltakeresoluteandforcefulmeasuresagainstanycountrythatattemptstointerferewithorinfringeuponChina’ssovereigntyandterritorialintegrity,”theChineseembassysaid.MembersofaCanada-Taiwanparliamentary“friendshipgroup”,whichdoesnotreceiveadministrativeorfinancialsupportfromtheCanadianparliament,hadbeenplanningtovisittheself-ruledislandinOctober,theLiberalMPJudySgrosaidlastweek.Sgrosaidthetripwouldfocusontradeandthelawmakers’intentwasnottodisruptandcauseproblemsforTaiwanorwithChina.Inastatement,Canada’sgovernmentsaidparliamentaryassociationsandfriendshipgroupswereindependent,anditrespectedthelawmakers’intenttovisitTaiwan.Canada,liketherestofthewest,followsaone-ChinapolicythatrecognizesBeijing,notTaipei,diplomatically,whileunofficiallyitsupportsTaiwan.TherelationshipbetweenChinaandthewesthasworsenedsinceUSHouseofRepresentativesspeaker,NancyPelosi,visitedTaiwanearlierthismonthagainstBeijing’swishes.TopicsTaiwanCanadaChinaAsiaPacificAmericasnewsReusethiscontentMostpopularMostpopularWorldEuropeUSAmericasAsiaAustraliaMiddleEastAfricaInequalityGlobaldevelopment