On July 21, 2019 from Xiangshan Mountain, a photo shows the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan. PHOTO XINHUA BEIJING -- A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has urged the US side to strictly abide by the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques to stop official exchanges with Taiwan.
According to media reports, a virtual meeting was held between a US trade representative and Taiwan representative on Wednesday to launch the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade.
According to a daily news briefing, China strongly opposes any form of official exchanges between Taiwan and countries with diplomatic ties with China, including the negotiating and signing of agreements with sovereign implications and official nature.
Zhao said the US has been making a lot of moves on the Taiwan question recently. They are all violating the one-China principle, emboldening the Taiwan independence separatist forces and disrupting the peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits.
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There is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory. The government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China, according to Zhao, who said these are not only the consensus reached by the international community but also solemn commitments made by the US in the three joint communiques China-US.
The US insists on playing the Taiwan card will only drag the China-US relations into danger, Zhao said.
The US side should strictly abide by the One-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques to cease official exchanges with Taiwan, stop negotiating and signing any agreements with sovereign implications and official nature, and refrain from sending wrong signals to the Taiwan independence separatist forces, he said.
We also have a stern warning to Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party: stop seeking 'Taiwan independence' by soliciting US support as soon as possible. The higher you jump, the harder you fall, said Zhao.