China News Service, Beijing, December 6 (Reporter Liang Xiaohui) In response to U.S. officials' claims that they are committed to ensuring that Taiwan has means of self-defense, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a regular press conference on the 6th that those who supported the "Taiwan independence" forces were brave and courageous. The act of provoking the one-China principle is after all a man's arm as a vehicle, and it cannot stop the progress of history.

Photo by Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zhao Lijian and Xue Wei

　　A reporter asked questions. According to reports, US Secretary of State Blincoln said that the "invasion" of Taiwan by China would be a catastrophic decision.

In recent years, China has tried to change the status quo across the Taiwan Strait through military exercises and international "isolation" of Taiwan.

The United States will be firmly committed to ensuring that Taiwan has the means to defend itself.

US Secretary of Defense Austin also recently stated that the United States should be able to resist any acts of force that may endanger the safety of the people of Taiwan.

What is China's response to this?

　　Zhao Lijian said that the Taiwan issue is China's internal affair.

The relevant remarks of US officials openly challenged the one-China principle, violated the provisions of the three Sino-US joint communiqués and the US commitments, and sent serious wrong signals to the separatist forces for "Taiwan independence."

China expresses its strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to this.

　　Zhao Lijian said that the true status quo of the Taiwan issue is: there is only one China in the world, Taiwan is a part of China, and the government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China.

The forces of "Taiwan independence" relying on foreign self-respect and "relying on the United States to seek independence" are the source of the current tension in the Taiwan Strait.

Some people in the US "use Taiwan to control China" and condone and support the DPP authorities to change the status quo is the crux of the escalation of tension in the Taiwan Strait.

The U.S. and Taiwan are stubbornly provoking and playing with fire. This trend is very dangerous.

　　Zhao Lijian emphasized that the United States must be clear that the historical and legal facts of one China cannot be challenged, that both sides of the strait belong to one China and cannot be changed. The 1.4 billion Chinese people's progress in advancing the peaceful reunification of the motherland is unstoppable.

We are willing to strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification with the utmost sincerity and our utmost efforts. However, if the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces provoke persecution, or even break the red line, we will have to take drastic measures.

Those actions that support the "Taiwan independence" forces and provoke the one-China principle are after all a man's arm and cannot stop the progress of history.

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