Beijing threatens 'heavy price' if US envoy travels to Taiwan January 07, 2021 at 09:35PM

China on Thursday warned the United States would pay a "heavy price" if its United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft made good on plans to travel to Taiwan next week. ​​Democratic and self-ruled Taiwan lives under the constant threat of invasion by authoritarian China, which views the island as its own territory and has vowed to seize it one day, by force if necessary.