China declares an end to cooperation with the United States on a number of issues.

BEIJING: Following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan this week, China announced on Friday that it was cancelling multiple defence meetings and postponing crucial climate discussions with the US.

The foreign ministry cited Pelosi's "disregard of China's strong opposition and harsh representations" on the Taiwan visit in saying that Beijing will "halt the China-US climate change negotiations" and scrap preparations for a conversation between military chiefs as well as two security meetings.

At the COP26 meeting in Glasgow last year, China and the United States, the two countries with the highest carbon emissions, presented a surprise climate accord.

They agreed to cooperate in order to advance climate action this decade and made a commitment to routinely convene in order to "address the global problem."

Beijing responded to Pelosi's visit, which it views as an unacceptable escalation of ties between Washington and Taiwan's present pro-independence authorities, with bombastic threats and military exercises.

The collaboration with Washington on repatriating unauthorised immigrants, providing judicial support, combating transnational crime, and drug enforcement was put on hold, the foreign ministry announced Friday.