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Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, Sept. 21 (Reporter Ma Zhuoyan) In response to the recent visit by US Deputy Secretary of State Clarke to Taiwan, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a regular press conference on the 21st that China has always been staunchly opposed to any form of official exchanges between the United States and Taiwan. Appropriate countermeasures will be taken.
Wang Wenbin said that China has always resolutely opposed any form of official exchange between the United States and Taiwan. The United States has recently insisted on sending the Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United States, Azar, and the Assistant Secretary of State Clarke, to Taiwan. This seriously violates the one-China principle and the provisions of the three joint Sino-US communiques. It is a political provocation to China and encourages the arrogance of the separatist forces for the “independence of Taiwan”. China, which undermines Sino-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, strongly opposes and strongly condemns this.
“China will definitely take legitimate countermeasures, even targeting individuals. Relevant actions by the United States will also further damage the coordination and cooperation between China and the United States on important international and regional affairs. The United States must take full responsibility for this,” he said Wang Wenbin.
“China’s determination to uphold national sovereignty and territorial integrity is unwavering, its determination to oppose any interference in China’s internal affairs by external forces is unwavering, and its determination to achieve cross-strait reunification is unwavering. “. Wang Wenbin said: “We are telling the United States that ‘Taiwan independence’ is a dead end. One, to tolerate and support ‘Taiwan independence’ is doomed to failure. Any act that harms the central interests of China and interfere in China’s internal affairs will be vigorously countered by China. No force can stop the historic trend of China’s reunification. “
He said that China urges the United States to correct its mistakes, fulfill the commitments made in the three joint Sino-US communiques, stop any official exchanges and military contacts between the United States and Taiwan, stop interfering in China’s internal affairs, and stop of using words and deeds that undermine Sino-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
In response to a journalist’s question about China’s position in the “central strait”, Wang Wenbin said that Taiwan is an inalienable part of the Chinese territory and there is no so-called “central strait”.
