Pelosi's potential visit to Taiwan dangerous,
provocative: China's UN envoy
By Global Times
Published:
Aug 02, 2022 10:07 AM
Zhang Jun
Photo: Xinhua
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202208/1271980.shtml
Amid
escalating cross-Straits tensions due to possible visit of US House
Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, China's top official to the UN warned
that the visit is dangerous and provocative, as the one-China principle is a
red line in China's relations with other countries, and China allows no one to
cross this red line.
Zhang Jun,
permanent representative of China to UN, further elaborated on China's
positions on the Taiwan question and Pelosi's potential visit at a press
briefing on Monday as China assumes the rotating presidency of the Security
Council in August. Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory. The
one-China principle is a red line in China's relations with other countries,
and we allow no one to cross this red line, he said.
"China
firmly opposes any separatist move toward 'Taiwan Independence' and any
interference by external forces, and allows no room for 'Taiwan Independence'
in whatever form," he said.
The Chinese
official also pointed out that China has repeatedly made clear to the US its
serious concerns over Speaker Pelosi's potential visit to Taiwan as well as
China's firm opposition to it. Such a visit is apparently dangerous and
provocative. It will send a seriously wrong signal to the separatist elements
seeking "Taiwan Independence," undermine the one-China principle,
undermine China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, undermine the peace
and stability in the Taiwan Straits, and undermine the relationship between
China and the US.
During a
closely-watched trip to Asia, Pelosi is reportedly expected to visit the
island, several US media reported on Monday, citing unnamed US officials,
despite that China has sent out stern warnings to the Biden administration with
the People's Liberation Army being fully prepared for any eventuality.
If Pelosi
visits the island of Taiwan, "the PLA will not sit idly by" and will
take "resolute and strong countermeasures" to protect China's
sovereignty and territorial integrity, Zhao Lijian, spokesperson of the Chinese
Foreign Ministry, warned on Monday, following consecutive warnings from the
Chinese Foreign Ministry and Ministry of National Defense.
US
Secretary of State Antony Blinken downplayed the visit during a press briefing
on Monday, saying that it's Pelosi's own decision and citing prior speakers'
visits there.
In response
to questions comparing Pelosi's potential visit with the visit by the then US
House Speaker Gingrich in 1997, Zhang said a previous mistake does not make the
following mistake legitimate. In recent years, due to the influence of some
external forces, the situation in Taiwan has changed for the worse, and the
"Taiwan Independence" elements are moving down on the wrong path.
Without prompt containment measures against them, the situation may risk losing
control.
"The
Chinese government and people are determined in safeguarding our national sovereignty
and territorial integrity. We will take every necessary measure," he said.
The PLA
Eastern Theater Command on Monday released a video on its official account
along with the message saying "we are fully prepared for any eventuality.
Fight upon order, bury every intruder, execute toward joint and successful
operation." Also, from Tuesday to Saturday, military training is carried
out in some waters of the South China Sea and live ammunition will be fired in
some waters in the northern part of the Bohai Sea from Monday to Thursday.
Global Times
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