According to media reports, Pelosi, speaker of the US House of Representatives, will lead a delegation to visit Taiwan. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a regular press conference today (7 July) that China opposes any form of official exchanges between the United States and Taiwan, that the United States will be a part of the US Government and should strictly abide by the one-China principle pursued by the United States. If Pelosi visits Taiwan, it will seriously damage the foundation of Sino-US relations and send a wrong signal to "Taiwan independence." The Chinese side is resolutely opposed and has lodged solemn representations with the US side.
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Taiwan media speculated that PELOSI, speaker of the US House of Representatives, visited Taiwan this Sunday, and netizens sarcastically: Come and collect money!
Blatantly challenging the one-China principle, she also wants to visit Taiwan?
On 10 April, the 43rd anniversary of the enactment of the so-called "Taiwan Relations Act" by the US side, the DPP authorities have recently made "intensive" preparations to welcome a "delegation" of US congressmen. In this regard, some netizens on the island sarcastically said: "Come and collect money." Everybody get moving, it's our tax money. ”
Screenshot of Taiwan's Lianhe Pao report
"Lianhe Bao" claimed that for Pelosi's visit, in order to avoid "protests and obstructions" on the mainland, people in the foreign-related and security departments "kept a low profile", saying that there was no relevant information to announce at present, and there was no confirmation or denial.
"Lianhe Pao" quoted Japan's Kyodo News Agency as saying that official sources in the United States and Japan revealed on the 6th that Pelosi will visit Japan on the 8th and is scheduled to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio on the 10th. Among the members of pelosi's "visiting delegation" on his trip to Asia, it was rumored that Gregory Meeks, chairman of the US House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee, who expressed his intention to visit Taiwan last year, was also expected to accompany him. In an interview late last year, Meeks said he would lead a cross-party parliamentarian to Visit Asia in January, with Taiwan being one of the stops, but the trip was not made due to the epidemic, itinerary and other factors.
For this visit to Asia, Pelosi's office responded to an interview with Taiwan's Lianhe Pao and said that according to the usual practice, based on consistent security guidelines, it will not confirm or deny relevant information before the visit. When the "United Daily" asked Meeks whether he planned to "visit Taiwan" on the 5th, he also responded with "I don't know".
In 1997, Lee Teng-hui "received" a "visiting delegation" of congressmen led by then US House speaker Kim Rui-che; in 2019, former speaker of the US House of Representatives, Lane, also led a "visiting delegation" to Taiwan to participate in the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the enactment of the "Taiwan Relations Act."
For Pelosi to be exposed by the Taiwan media that she will visit Taiwan, some netizens on the island sarcastically said: "Come and collect money." Everybody get moving, it's our tax money. ”
Some netizens ridiculed the DPP authorities as "internationally certified Kaizi (fools)": don't cut you, cut who!
Some netizens asked: How much tax payment will the DPP authorities have to pay tribute this time?
Another netizen criticized the United States: "Supporting Taiwan, the United States has made it clear that only selling weapons will not send troops." ”
Earlier, some POLITICIANS IN the United States wantonly challenged the one-China principle and stood up for the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, and the Chinese Foreign Ministry repeatedly issued warnings.
When Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that a few US congressmen's visit to Taiwan seriously violated the one-China principle and the stipulations of the three Sino-US joint communiques, they sent a serious wrong signal of support for the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces. The Chinese side is strongly dissatisfied with and resolutely opposed to this, and has lodged solemn representations with the US side.
Zhao Lijian said: The one-China principle is an unshakable norm governing international relations. A few US politicians have wantonly challenged the one-China principle and supported the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, which has aroused the strong indignation of 1.4 billion Chinese people. Taiwan is a sacred and inalienable part of China's territory and is by no means a card in international relations. We advise some people in the United States not to play the "Taiwan card," because this is a stinky card and a dead card, and it will certainly not be able to win, and it will certainly hit the southern wall and suffer the consequences of itself.
With regard to the VISIT OF US lawmakers to Taiwan, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council has also expressed its resolute opposition to any form of official exchanges and military contacts between the United States and the Taiwan region. The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council urged some people in the UNITED States to prudently handle the Taiwan issue, stop instigating and supporting the separatist activities of "Taiwan independence," and stop playing the "Taiwan card" and fanning the flames, otherwise it will only cause further damage to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. Any trick used by the DPP authorities to "rely on the United States and seek independence" to engage in so-called "parliamentary diplomacy" to attract infiltration will not have a good end and is doomed to failure.
(Source: World Wide Web)