Beijing warned self-ruled Taipei that 'resisting reunification with force is bound to fail.'
China has issued a strong protest and an ominous warning after news broke Tuesday that the U.S. and Taiwan had recently conducted joint naval drills in secret.'I noted that it's reported that the U.S. and Taiwan vessels had 'unplanned encounters,'' Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at that day's regular press conference. 'I want to stress that China is firmly opposed to the U.S.' military contact with Taiwan.
Wang called on Washington to 'stop its wrong behavior of having military contact with Taiwan' and to 'earnestly abide by the one-China principle and the three China-U.S. joint communiqués'—both cornerstones of U.S.-China relations.The U.S. has for decades observed a 'one China principle' in which it acknowledges—but does not necessarily agree with—Beijing's claim that it represents Taiwan as well as China.
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