Sequence of Events Since Visit to Taiwan by Speaker of the
U.S. House of Representatives
In this supplement, TML is providing information on China's responses to the visit of Speaker of U.S. Congress Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan as well as other notable responses or statements. The material explains why the U.S. stand poses a threat to China's sovereignty even though the U.S. claims to respect the one-China principle.
The information is provided for readers who may only have seen the coverage readily available in Canada so that they can draw warranted conclusions. For example, what was the response of China to the stand, as expressed by the Associated Press on August 8 when it wrote about China's military drills. AP said, "China has ignored calls to calm the tensions, and there was no immediate indication when it would end what amounts to a blockade [of Taiwan]."
Similarly, the Government of Canada website posted the G7 Foreign Ministers' statement, which speaks about "recent and announced threatening actions by the People’s Republic of China (China), particularly live-fire exercises and economic coercion, which risk unnecessary escalation." The G7 said there was nothing significant about Pelosi's visit to China-U.S. relations. The material in this issue puts all of this in perspective. For instance, these materials show the matter is clearly significant to China. What is the aim of declaring that it is of no significance? How will this reduce tensions or calm the situation? What is the aim of blaming China for the tensions in the Taiwan Straits?
It is important to draw warranted conclusions given the escalation of warmongering by the U.S./NATO-led coalitions in the Asia-Pacific as well as Europe.
China Summons U.S. Ambassador
August 2
Protest in Taiwan against Pelosi visit.
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng urgently summoned the U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns on the evening of August 2 and lodged stern representations and strong protests over Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's visit to China's Taiwan region.
Noting that Pelosi risks universal condemnation to deliberately provoke and play with fire, Xie said that this is a serious violation of the one-China principle and the three China-U.S. joint communiques.
It has a severe impact on the political foundation of China-U.S. relations, and seriously infringes on China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, Xie said, adding that it gravely undermines peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and sends a seriously wrong signal to the separatist forces for "Taiwan independence."
"The move is extremely egregious in nature and the consequences are extremely serious. China will not sit idly by," Xie noted.
Xie said the U.S. government must be held accountable. For a while, the U.S. has said one thing and done another thing, constantly distorted and hollowed out the one-China principle.
It deleted the key expressions such as Taiwan is part of China from the U.S. State Department website, put Taiwan in its so-called "Indo-Pacific strategy," openly upgraded its ties with Taiwan and increased arms sales to the region and supported separatist activities for "Taiwan independence," according to Xie.
He said the U.S. government has indulged rather than restrained Pelosi's willful act, leading to the escalation of tensions across the Taiwan Strait and seriously undermined the China-U.S. relations.
Noting that the U.S. side shall pay the price for its own mistakes, Xie urged the U.S. to immediately address its wrongdoings, take practical measures to undo the adverse effects caused by Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.
The United States must not go further down the wrong path, escalating tensions and making the situation across the Taiwan Strait and China-U.S. relations irreparable, Xie said.
He
added that the United States should stop playing the "Taiwan card,"
stop using Taiwan to contain China in any form, and stop interfering in
China's internal affairs.
The United States must take concrete actions to observe the one-China principle and the provisions of the three China-U.S. joint communiques, deliver on the "five noes" commitment made by the U.S. leadership (i.e. not seek a "new Cold War"; not seek to change China's system; the revitalization of its alliances is not against China; not support "Taiwan independence"; not look for conflict with China), and not go further down the wrong and dangerous path, Xie noted.
Xie stressed that the trend of the times cannot be reversed, the will of the people is not to be defied, and those who play with fire will perish by it.
"Taiwan is China's Taiwan, and Taiwan will eventually return to the embrace of the motherland. Chinese people are not afraid of ghosts, pressure and evil," Xie said.
In the minds of the Chinese people, nothing is more sacred than to protect China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and nothing is more important than safeguarding and realizing national reunification, Xie noted.
He added that no country, no force and no individual should ever underestimate the firm resolve, strong will and great capability of the Chinese government and people to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity and to achieve national reunification and rejuvenation.
This article was published in
Volume 52 Number 6 - August 17, 2022
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