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US Strengthening Military Ties With Taiwan Will Escalate Tensions, Beijing Warns Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on April 24 said that strengthening military collusion between the United States and Taiwan will only escalate tensions and the risk of conflict in the Taiwan Straits.The remarks came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Shanghai to meet with business leaders before heading to Beijing for talks with his counterpart, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and a likely meeting with President Xi Jinping.Blinken's visit is the latest high-level contact between the two nations that, along with working groups on issues from global trade to military communication, have tempered the public acrimony that drove relations to historic lows early last year.The visit also comes after the U.S. Congress moved ahead this weekend with a bill that includes new funding for Taiwan and less than a month before the self-governing island inaugurates a new president, Lai Ching-te, who like his predecessor, rejects China's claim to the island.