Taiwan ‘Red-Line’ for Beijing, Chinese Defense Minister Warns U.S. Counterpart Lloyd Austin

China’s Defense Minister Wei Fenghe met his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting in Cambodia on Tuesday, warning Washington not to cross Beijing’s “red-line” on Taiwan.

During the meeting that lasted nearly an hour and half on Tuesday, Wei Fenghe stressed that the Taiwan issue is an internal affair and that no external force has the right to interfere in it, according to a statement from China’s defense ministry.