Interviewer: Gauhar Zahid Malik, Executive Editor Pakistan Observer
Question 1：On 2 August, 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. What’s your comment on that?
Ambassador Nong Rong： Pelosi’s visit is a serious violation of the one-China principle and the provisions of the three China-US joint communiqués. It has a severe impact on the political foundation of China-US relations and seriously infringes upon China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. It gravely undermines peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits, and sends a seriously wrong signal to the separatist forces for “Taiwan independence”. China firmly opposes and sternly condemns this, and has made serious démarche and strong protests against 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. The one-China principle is a universal consensus of the international community and a basic norm in international relations.
Question 2: What kind of measures would China take to counter Pelosi’s visit to the Taiwan region?
Ambassador Nong Rong： The Taiwan Straits is facing a new round of tensions and severe challenges, and the fundamental cause is the repeated moves by the Taiwan authorities and the United States to change the status quo. These moves, like playing with fire, are extremely dangerous.
The position of the Chinese Government and people on the Taiwan question has been consistent. It is the firm commitment of the more than 1.4 billion Chinese people to resolutely safeguard state sovereignty and territorial integrity. No country, no forces, and no individual should ever misestimate the firm resolve, strong will, and great capability of the Chinese Government and people to defend state sovereignty and territorial integrity and to achieve national reunification and rejuvenation.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National People’s Congress, the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the Ministry of National Defense all issued statements or remarks condemning it last night. Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng summoned U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns for an emergency meeting, stern representations, and strong protests on the U.S. side against Pelosi’s visit to China’s Taiwan region. State Councilor Wang Yi also made a statement yesterday morning. China will take all necessary measures to resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity. The US and the “Taiwan independence” separatist forces will be responsible for all consequences.
Question 3: What’s the visit’s impact on the China-US relationship?
Ambassador Nong Rong： The Taiwan question is the most important and most sensitive issue at the very heart of China-US relations. The right way for them to deal with each other lies only in mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, no-confrontation, and win-win cooperation. The United States should stop supporting and conniving “Taiwan independence” separatist forces in any form. It should stop distorting, obscuring, and hollowing out the one-China principle. It must take credible actions to observe strictly the one-China principle and the provisions of the three China-US joint communiqués, deliver on the “five noes” commitment made by the US 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.
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China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ statement on Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan
