Beijing said on Friday that the US's decision to help advance that independence agenda by arming Taiwan will only push Taiwan towards the danger of military conflict.
Mao Ning, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson/MFA PRC
On October 10, China's Foreign Ministry issued a decision on its website to take countermeasures against three US military companies and ten senior executives. In response, China firmly opposes US arms sales to China's Taiwan region, the spokesperson of the ministry Mao Ning said at a regular press conference in Beijing.
"The US has, once again, provided China's Taiwan region with huge military aid recently, which seriously violates the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiqués, especially the August 17 Communiqué of 1982. Such sale seriously interferes in China's internal affairs, and gravely undermines China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. In accordance with China's Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, China decided to take countermeasures against relevant military companies and senior executives of the US." Mao said.
Mao stressed that "Taiwan independence" is as incompatible with peace of the Taiwan Strait as fire with water. The Lai Ching-te authorities' attempt to reject reunification through the use of force is futile. No matter how many weapons they buy, they cannot stop the historical trend toward China's reunification. The US's decision to help advance that independence agenda by arming Taiwan will only push Taiwan towards the danger of military conflict. No matter how many weapons it sells, it will not shake our resolve to oppose "Taiwan independence" and defend China's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Mao pointed out that the Taiwan question is at the core of China's core interests, and the first red line that cannot be crossed in China-US relations. China urges the US to earnestly abide by the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiqués, stop arming the Taiwan region in any form and stop conniving at and supporting "Taiwan independence" separatist forces.
"We will continue taking strong and resolute measures to defend our national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity." Mao said.(By Ma Ziqian/China Youth Daily)
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