China calls on US, UK to respect each other by avoiding confrontation

The file photo taken on July 31, 2021, by China's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Zheng Zeguang, speaks a day before the Aug 1 anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army of China. In an opinion piece published Tuesday in The Guardian, PHOTO LONDON Chinese Ambassador to Britain Zheng Zeguang called for the United States and Britain to handle their relations with China by showing respect and avoiding confrontation.

This is how we see it. Taiwan independence'' means war and will lead to a dead end. He said that the Chinese people will secure their national sovereignty and territorial integrity at any cost by opposing and defeating such attempts to avoid war and safeguard peace and stability in the region. The ambassador said that The US side and 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces must bear full responsibility for their wrongdoings after the provocative visit by China to China's Taiwan region of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. ALSO READ: China urges the US to strictly observe the one-China principle.

The right way for China and the US to handle their relations is to respect each other and not to fight each other, he noted.

The US should acknowledge the One-China principle and the three Sino-US Joint Communiques, stop playing the 'Taiwan card', sever official ties and military cooperation with the island, and stop creating more crises, he said.

After the development of China-Britain diplomatic relations starting from the early 1950s, full diplomatic relations had to wait until the UK recognized the Chinese government's position that Taiwan is a province of the People's Republic of China, revoked its official representative office on the island, and promised not to maintain an unofficial relationship with Taiwan, Zheng said. He said that the two countries should follow the principles of mutual respect, equality and non-interference in each other's internal affairs, engage in dialogue and cooperation, and join hands to address common challenges. READ MORE: China must respond to every US provocation blatantly.