The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responds to US officials’ remarks concerning Taiwan: The US should not go further and further down the wrong and dangerous road

　　China News Service, Beijing, November 16 (Reporter Zhang Ziyang) Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian responded in Beijing on the 16th to the remarks by US Secretary of State Pompeo that "Taiwan is not part of China".

He said that the U.S. should abide by the one-China principle and the provisions of the three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiqués, stop any form of official and military contacts between the U.S. and Taiwan, and stop any words and deeds that damage the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait and Sino-U.S. relations. The U.S. should not take the wrong and dangerous path. Go up and go farther.

　　At the regular press conference that day, a reporter asked. According to reports, regarding US Secretary of State Pompeo’s claim that “Taiwan is not part of China” in an interview last week, the spokesperson of the US State Department emphasized the United States when answering media queries on the 14th. Over the past 40 years, we have followed the one-China policy of the three Sino-US joint communiqués, the "Taiwan Relations Act" and the "six guarantees" for Taiwan.

What is China's comment?

　　Zhao Lijian responded that last week, China had stated its solemn position on Pompeo's fallacy.

I want to point out again that there is only one China in the world, Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory, and the government of the People’s Republic of China is the only legal government representing China.

This is an objective fact and a basic norm of international relations.

The one-China principle is the political foundation of Sino-US relations.

The "Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between China and the United States" published in 1979 clearly stated that the United States recognizes the government of the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government of China.

On this basis, China and the United States recognize each other and establish diplomatic relations.

Within this scope, the American people will maintain cultural, commercial and other unofficial relations with the people of Taiwan.

　　Zhao Lijian said that the so-called "Taiwan Relations Act" unilaterally enacted by the United States and the so-called "six guarantees" for Taiwan by the United States seriously violated the one-China principle and the provisions of the three Sino-US joint communiqués, severely violated the basic norms of international relations and grossly interfered with China. Internal affairs are completely wrong, illegal and ineffective. The Chinese government has firmly opposed it from the beginning.

What the United States should abide by is the one-China principle and the three Sino-US joint communiqués, not something unilaterally concocted.

　　Zhao Li insisted that we once again warn the US that any action that harms China's core interests and interferes in China's internal affairs will be resolutely hit back by China and will not stop the historical trend of China's reunification.

The U.S. should abide by the one-China principle and the provisions of the three Sino-U.S. joint communiqués, stop any form of official and military contacts between the U.S. and Taiwan, and stop any words and deeds that damage peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and Sino-U.S. relations. The U.S. should not go further and further along the wrong and dangerous path. far.

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