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China Urges US To Honor Agreements on Taiwan, Stop Arms Sales

  • Taiwan Army Pilot, Aug. 12, 2021.

    Taiwan Army Pilot, Aug. 12, 2021. | Photo: Twitter/ @mna_roc

Published 17 August 2021
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"No matter how many weapons the U.S. provides to Taiwan, there is no possibility it will change the general trend of cross-Strait relations, and still less that it will impede China's reunification process," diplomat Hua stressed.

China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying urged the United States to abide by the provisions of the three China-U.S. joint communiques, sever military links with Taiwan, and stop arms sales to the island.

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"There is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory," said Hua on Tuesday, which marks the 39th anniversary of the issuance of the August 17 Communique.

Citing relevant U.S. commitments made in the August 17 Communique concerning arms sales to Taiwan, Hua said the three China-U.S. joint communiques constitute the political foundation of bilateral relations, the essential core of which is the one-China principle, which the U.S. side should strictly follow.

The United States has conducted official exchanges with Taiwan and sold various kinds of weapons to the island in constant breach of its own promises, to help Taiwan expand the so-called international space. Hua cited multiple batches of arms sales to Taiwan by U.S. administrations, including a plan recently announced by the Biden administration to sell weaponry to Taiwan worth around US$750 million.

"We'd like to try our best to strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification with utmost sincerity, and at the same time, will reserve the option of taking all necessary countermeasures against foreign intervention, as well as a few 'Taiwan independence' secessionists and their activities," said Hua.

"No matter how many weapons the United States provides to Taiwan, there is no possibility it will change the general trend of cross-Strait relations, and still less that it will impede China's reunification process," she added.

The spokesperson urged the United States to clearly recognize the highly sensitive and harmful nature of the issue of arms sales to Taiwan, abide by the one-China principle and the three China-U.S. joint communiques with concrete actions, stop official exchanges and military links with the island, cease arms sales to Taiwan, to avoid doing further damage to China-U.S. relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

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