China urges US to stop eroding one- China principle after State Department revisions
Some people on the island of Taiwan are hyping the US’ latest revisions to Taiwan- related statements in an attempt to conspire with external forces to seek “Taiwan independence,” which cannot change the fact that Taiwan region is an inalienable part of the Chinese territory, officials from the Chinese mainland said.
China urged the US to stop eroding the one- China principle, and take concrete actions to abide by the one- China principle and the provisions of the three China- US joint communiques, Zhu Fenglian, the spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on Wednesday after Washington made extensive revisions to its statements on the Taiwan question.
Zhao Lijian, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said on Tuesday that the revision of Taiwan- related statements by the US is an attempt to erode the one- China principle and the US’ political manipulation over the Taiwan question and attempts to change the status quo across the Taiwan Straits is bound to backfire.
The US State Department made extensive adjustments and revisions to its statements on so- called US- Taiwan relations on its website. Two important items were deleted: “The United States does not support Taiwan independence” and “In the Joint Communique, the United States recognized the government of the People’s Republic of China as the sole legal government of China, acknowledging the Chinese position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China.”
Ned Price, the spokesperson of the US Department of State, said on Tuesday that the unofficial relations between the US and the island of Taiwan were “rock solid” while saying that the US still adheres to its “one
China policy.”
The US’ revision of the Taiwan- related statements is its consistent tactic of political manipulation of the Taiwan question, and it’s hard to say that this will directly lead to a major adjustment in its policy toward the island, said Lü Xiang, research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.