Summary Taiwan says will not allow "repeated provocations" from ChinaChina warns US not to cross red line on TaiwanTaiwan President, US House Speaker plan to meet in USTAIPEI/BEIJING, March 7 (Reuters) - Taiwan will not allow "repeated provocations" from China, the island's defence minister said on Tuesday, as China's foreign minister said Taiwan was the "first red line" that must not be crossed in Sino-U.S. relations. Speaking to reporters at parliament, Taiwan Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said he was not aware of a planned meeting between Tsai and McCarthy. In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said it was "absurd" for U.S. officials to say that Taiwan is not an internal affair of China's. "The United States has unshakable responsibility for causing the Taiwan question." Reporting by Ben Blanchard and Ryan Woo; Editing by Gerry Doyle and Stephen CoatesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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