China slams official US-Taiwan exchanges, EU Parliament's remarks

China has firmly pushed back against two recent Taiwan-related provocations. A senior Democratic Progressive Party official visited Arizona in the United States to inaugurate a so-called economic and cultural office. Meanwhile, the European Parliament released a report on EU-China political relations that challenged restrictions on Taiwan’s participation in international exchanges and claimed the EU has “never endorsed” the one-China principle. China’s State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Chen Binhua has laid out the country’s official position on both.