Rome, 13 May (LaPresse) – “The Taiwan issue is a purely internal matter for China and does not allow for external interference. We firmly oppose any form of military link between the United States and the Chinese region of Taiwan and urge the US side to respect the One-China principle and the three Sino-US joint communiqués, to handle Taiwan-related issues with prudence, to halt arms sales to Taiwan and to refrain from sending the wrong signals to separatist forces seeking Taiwan’s independence.” This was stated by Zhang Han, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of China, on the eve of Donald Trump’s visit to the country. ‘Taiwan has never been a state, neither in the past nor, all the more so, in the future,’ he added. ‘The lies of Lai Ching-te (Taiwanese President William Lai, ed.) remain just that, even if repeated a thousand times, and will never become true.’
Taiwan, Beijing: ‘Firm opposition to any military ties with the US’
Rome, 13 May (LaPresse) – “The Taiwan issue is a purely internal matter for China and does not allow for external interference. We firmly oppose any form of military link between the United States and the Chinese region of Taiwan and urge the US side to respect the One-China principle and the three Sino-US joint communiqués, to handle Taiwan-related issues with prudence, to halt arms sales to Taiwan and to refrain from sending the wrong signals to separatist forces seeking Taiwan’s independence.” This was stated by Zhang Han, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of China, on the eve of Donald Trump’s visit to the country. ‘Taiwan has never been a state, neither in the past nor, all the more so, in the future,’ he added. ‘The lies of Lai Ching-te (Taiwanese President William Lai, ed.) remain just that, even if repeated a thousand times, and will never become true.’
