ISTANBUL  China on Thursday accused the US of providing a "public stage for Taiwan independence" during the ongoing 80th UN General Assembly session in New York. By letting Lin Chia-lung, Taiwan’s top diplomat, visit New York during the session, Washington "provides a public stage for the provocation of 'Taiwan independence' separatists, which amounts to gross interference in China’s internal affairs and serious violation of the one-China principle and the three China-U.S. joint communiques,"