This Sept. 24, 2015 file photo shows Chinese and American flags on a lamppost on Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. XINHUA PHOTO
This Sept. 24, 2015 file photo shows Chinese and American flags on a lamppost on Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. XINHUA PHOTO

BEIJING: Despite China's repeated opposition, Washington is bent on starting formal trade talks with China's Taiwan region, sending a wrong and dangerous signal to the "Taiwan independence" forces.

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