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Former Australian Prime minister Kevin Rudd has criticised US Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s visit to Taiwan.<\/p>\n
Speaking to BBC World News’ Karishma Vaswani in Singapore, he said that the visit amounted to “fiddling around with the symbols of the One China policy”.<\/p>\n
The West should instead be focusing on Taiwan’s ability to deter a future military strike by China, he said.<\/p>\n
The One China policy is diplomatic acknowledgement of China’s position that there is only one Chinese government – in Beijing. Under the policy, the US recognises and has formal ties with China rather than the island of Taiwan, which China sees as a breakaway province to be unified with the mainland one day.<\/p>\n
However the policy is not an endorsement of the Chinese position and Washington has what it calls a “robust unofficial” relationship with Taiwan.<\/p>\n
The US has accused China of seeking to change the status quo in the region by holding large military drills around Taiwan after Mrs Pelosi’s visit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n