Senior U.S. officials went to Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs one after another: China will take legitimate countermeasures

Senior U.S. officials went to Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs one after another: China will take legitimate countermeasures, including targeting individuals

　　China News Service, Beijing, September 21 (Reporter Zhang Ziyang) Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin responded to the visit of US Deputy Secretary of State Clarke to Taiwan in Beijing on the 21st.

He said that the U.S. insisted on sending U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Azar and Deputy Secretary of State Clarke to Taiwan in succession, which seriously violated the one-China principle and the provisions of the three Sino-U.S. joint communiqués. It was a political provocation to China and contributed to the division of "Taiwan independence". The forces are arrogant and undermine Sino-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. China firmly opposes and strongly condemns this.

China will certainly take legitimate countermeasures, including targeting individuals.

　　At the regular press conference that day, a reporter asked: According to reports, US Deputy Secretary of State Clarke visited Taiwan from September 17 to 19, during which he met with Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen and others, and participated in Lee Teng-hui's memorial activities.

This is after U.S. Minister of Health and Human Services Azar visited Taiwan in August this year, the United States once again sent high-level officials to Taiwan for activities.

What is China's comment?

　　Wang Wenbin responded that China has always firmly opposed any form of official exchanges between the United States and Taiwan.

The U.S. has recently insisted on sending U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Azar and Deputy Secretary of State Clarke to Taiwan, which seriously violated the one-China principle and the provisions of the three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiqués. It is a political provocation against China and has contributed to the arrogance of the separatist forces for "Taiwan independence". , Undermining Sino-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, China firmly opposes and strongly condemns this.

China will certainly take legitimate countermeasures, including targeting individuals.

The relevant actions of the US will also further damage the coordination and cooperation between China and the US on major international and regional issues.

The US must bear full responsibility for this.

　　Wang Wenbin emphasized that China's determination to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity is unwavering, its determination to oppose any external forces' interference in China's internal affairs is unwavering, and its determination to achieve cross-strait reunification is unwavering.

We are telling the United States that "Taiwan independence" is a dead end, and conniving and supporting "Taiwan independence" is doomed to failure.

Any act that harms China's core interests and interferes in China's internal affairs will be met with forceful response from China.

No force can stop the historical trend of China's reunification.

China urges the US to correct its mistakes, abide by the commitments made in the three Sino-US joint communiqués, stop any official exchanges and military ties between the US and Taiwan, stop interfering in China's internal affairs, and stop using words and deeds that undermine Sino-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

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