China envoy warns of "conflict" if U.S. promotes Taiwan independence

China's Ambassador to Washington Qin Gang warned of "military conflict" if the United States continues to take moves which Beijing perceives as encouraging Taiwan's independence, in an interview with U.S. media aired Friday."If the Taiwanese authorities, emboldened by the United States, keep going down the road for independence, it most likely (will) involve China and the United States, the two big countries, in a military conflict," Qin told National Public Radio, referring to the self-ruled democratic island which China views as its own."The Taiwan issue is the biggest tinderbox between C…READ FULL ARTICLE