In disregard of China’s strong opposition and serious representations, Speaker of the U.S House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi visited China’s Taiwan region. This is a serious violation of the ‘one-China’ principle and the provisions of the three ‘U.S-China’ joint communiqués.
It will have a severe impact on the political foundation of China-U.S relations, and seriously infringes upon China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. It gravely undermines peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and sends a seriously wrong signal to the separatist forces for “Taiwan independence”. China firmly opposes and sternly condemns this, and has made serious demarche and strong protest to the United States.
There is but one China in the world, Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory, and the Government of the People’s Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China. This has been clearly recognized by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 of 1971.
Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, 181 countries have established diplomatic relations with China on the basis of the ‘one-China’ principle. The ‘one-China’ principle is a universal consensus of the international community and a basic norm in international relations.
In 1979, the United States made a clear commitment in the China-U.S Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations — “The United States of America recognizes the Government of the People’s Republic of China as the sole legal Government of China. Within this context, the people of the United States will maintain cultural, commercial, and other unofficial relations with the people of Taiwan.” Congress, as a part of the U.S Government, is inherently obliged to strictly observe the ‘one-China’ policy of the U.S Government and refrain from having any official exchanges with China’s Taiwan region. China is all along opposed to the visit to Taiwan by U.S congressional members, and the U.S executive branch has the responsibility to stop such visit. Since Speaker Pelosi is the incumbent leader of the U.S Congress, her visit to and activities in Taiwan, in whatever form and for whatever reason, is a major political provocation to upgrade U.S official exchanges with Taiwan. China absolutely does not accept this, and the Chinese people absolutely reject this.
