US urged to stop rule-breaking behavior

The United States should stop playing the "Taiwan card" and using Taiwan to contain China, officials and scholars said after US Vice-President Kamala Harris' visit to Japan, Washington's closest regional ally, during which she sought to further bolster support for the US stance on so-called Taiwan security issues.

During her three-day trip, which concluded on Wednesday, Harris met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and senior officials from the Republic of Korea and Australia.

Harris lost no opportunity to bring up the Taiwan question during her bilateral meetings with allies of the US, who were in Tokyo for the state funeral of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.