BEIJING: China is firmly opposed to any form of official exchange or military contact between the U.S. and China’s Taiwan region, a Defense Ministry spokesperson said on Friday.
Senior Colonel Wu Qian, a spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks at a regular press conference when asked to comment on a recent visit by the head of Taiwan region’s navy force to the headquarters of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command in Hawaii.
Media report said the visit was part of U.S. efforts to implement the “Joint Island Defense Concept,” which aimed to coordinate with the authorities in the Taiwan region to counter China’s armed forces within the “first island chain.”
Slamming the so-called “first island chain” as a product of Cold War geopolitics, Wu said “any attempt to block and contain China is nothing but wishful thinking.”
“We urge the U.S. side to truly abide by the one-China principle and the three China-U.S. Joint Communiqués, fulfill its commitment to not supporting ‘Taiwan independence,’ and immediately stop its military collusion and official contact with Taiwan.”
“Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory. To solve the Taiwan question is purely China’s internal affair and brooks no foreign interference,” Wu added.
Wu also warned the Democratic Progressive Party authorities that being a “chess piece” in others’ power games will ultimately be abandoned and that “seeking independence by force” will get it nowhere but to a dead end.
“The Chinese People’s Liberation Army will take resolute actions against any form of separatist activities seeking ‘Taiwan independence,'” Wu said.
