China Expresses Indignation at U.S. Interference in Internal Affairs
Under the title "China Expresses Strong Indignation at U.S. Interference in Internal Affairs," China News Agency issued the following release on March 21, from Beijing:
"Foreign Ministry spokesman, Shen Guofang, again expressed China's resentment at US interference in China's internal affairs. Mr. Shen was responding to a resolution passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on March 19 regarding the situation in the Taiwan Strait. He noted that the resolution openly asked the Clinton administration for help to "defend Taiwan." It severely violated China's sovereignty and was a wanton interference in China's internal affairs. The spokesman added that the "disgusting conduct" of the U.S. had led to a further deterioration in the tense state that existed over the Taiwan Strait. The Chinese official reiterated China's position when he said that the Taiwan issue was purely China's internal affair and that foreign interference would not be allowed. He noted that Taiwan was sacred Chinese territory, not a U.S. protectorate. Mr. Shen said that some U.S. congressmen had defied Chinese national sentiment and had attempted to intimidate and obstruct the strong desire of all Chinese for reunification of the motherland. The Chinese official said that all such attempts were doomed to failure. China firmly maintained its position respecting its national sovereignty and territorial integrity, said Mr. Shen. He added that the Chinese side had asked the U.S. to observe the principles of the Sino-American joint communiques as well as comply with the elementary requirements of international law. The U.S. had to immediately stop infringing on China's sovereignty and interfering in its internal affairs. Mr. Shen also criticized U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. He noted that the U.S. was responsible for an increasingly tense state across the Taiwan Strait through its sale of arms. The Chinese official said it was irresponsible of the U.S. to offer arms to this sensitive region at a sensitive time."
TML Daily considers this stand of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to be a just one that deserves the support of all justice and peace-loving people of the world. The U.S. Congress and the U.S. administration have no right to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, in this particular case the People's Republic of China. The U.S. even wants to arm Taiwan with sophisticated weapons and literally drag the situation back to the period of the civil war in the forties by fomenting a new war at this time. TML Daily resolutely condemns the U.S. House of Representatives for its resolution on "defending Taiwan" and the U.S. policy of arming Taiwan, considering it as its "protectorate" and inciting various elements in order to foment a civil war in China. TML Daily also resolutely opposes the U.S. view that it can dictate what a country can or cannot do in terms of its own internal affairs as it attempts with Cuba. In this particular case, it is telling the PRC to be "peaceful" about an affair which has nothing to do with the U.S.
The struggle of the PRC for its national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and that of Cuba and other countries are historic and crucial struggles for the working class and peoples of the world to escape the international and national mayhem which the imperialist countries led by U.S. imperialism are organizing in the economic, political, cultural, military and other spheres of human activity. This struggle deserves the support of the working class and broad masses of the people as it is in the final analysis a struggle in their own interests.
This article was published in
Volume 52 Number 6 - August 17, 2022
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