Spokesperson of the Chinese Mission Liu Yuyin Speaks on a Question Concerning US House Speaker Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan
2022-08-11 00:19

Q:The US claimed that China overreacted to Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, which has escalated the situation in the Taiwan Strait. If China continues to take more countermeasures, the US will be forced to respond. What is your comment on that?

A:This is utterly the gangster logic which represents the US’s typical way of confounding right and wrong and acting like a thief crying “stop thief”.

The context and the events that led to the tensions in the Taiwan Strait are crystal-clear. It is the United States that stirred up the trouble; it is the United States that created the crisis;and it is also the United States that kept escalating tensions.

Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, in total disregard of the firm opposition and repeated representations of the Chinese side and with the condonement and even arrangement of the U.S. government, went ahead with the visit to China's Taiwan region. This reckless move seriously undermined China's sovereignty, seriously interfered in China's internal affairs, seriously violated the commitments made by the US side, and seriously jeopardized peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. It is only natural that China makes a firm response after the US made this egregious provocation. Our position is justified, reasonable and legal; our measures are firm, strong and measured; and our military exercises are open, transparent and professional. They are consistent with domestic and international laws, as well as international practices. They are aimed at sending a warning to the perpetrator and punishing the "Taiwan independence" forces.

The important principles of respecting state sovereignty and territorial integrity as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations are the cornerstones of modern international law and basic norms of international relations. China’s measures are also about staunchly safeguarding regional peace and stability and international law and basic norms in international relations. If China does nothing about the US’s relentless interference in our internal affairs and violation of our sovereignty or does not firmly resist the US’s reckless and irresponsible behavior, respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity and other purposes of the UN Charter and basic norms in international relations will become nothing but words on paper. And the vast developing world which account for over 80% of the world’s population could well become the next target anytime.

People with a sense of justice can easily tell right from wrong.Over 160 countries have spoken up for justice, condemned the visit as a serious provocation and expressed their commitment to the one-China principle and support for China’s efforts to uphold sovereignty and territorial integrity.These countries, with their population accounting for nearly 90% of the world’s total, are standing with the Chinese people.Only if the international community stands together to be firmly against the attempts to interfere in other countries’ internal affairs and undermine other countries’ sovereignty and territorial integrity, reject rampant power politics and bullying in the region, can the security of all be truly upheld and regional peace and stability be truly maintained.