On October 31, local time, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with US Secretary of State Blinken in Rome.
Wang Yi sternly told the US side that the Taiwan issue is the most sensitive issue between China and the United States. Once the handling is wrong, it will cause subversive and overall damage to Sino-US relations. The crux of the current situation in the Taiwan Strait is that the Taiwan authorities have repeatedly tried to break through the one-China framework, and the US side's connivance and support for the "Taiwan independence" forces is also to blame. We demand that the US side pursue a real one-China policy, not a fake one-China policy; we demand that the US side fulfill its commitments to the Chinese side instead of betraying its faith; and that the US side truly implement the one-China policy into action, rather than saying one thing and doing one thing at a time.
In this regard, Lai Yueqian, a commentator on Taiwan's current affairs, said in an interview with a reporter from the "Taiwan Strait" that the Chinese side has clearly stated that the Taiwan issue is China's core issue, and if the United States continues to engage in a false one-China policy, Sino-US relations will be subversively damaged, which is a very serious warning.
Lai Yueqian also mentioned that after the Blinken meeting, in an interview with CNN, he repeatedly said that the United States only "assisted Taiwan in self-defense" and did not mention that it wanted to "defend Taiwan." In Lai Yueqian's view, "The United States wants to release information through CNN, and the United States has begun to plan to adjust its pace and is unwilling to intensify the tension between the two sides of the strait." ”
Tang Yonghong, deputy director of the Taiwan Studies Center at Xiamen University, said that communication between China and the United States is needed to reduce miscalculation. The meeting clearly conveyed the following message: The United States not only wants to gain benefits from cooperation with China, but also attempts to "use Taiwan to control China" and vainly wants to touch China's core interests by playing the "Taiwan card." "We will not accept it."
Su Xiaohui, deputy director of the Institute of American Studies at the China Institute of International Studies, pointed out that there are still great challenges in Sino-US relations at present, and the problems are caused by the United States, especially when it comes to the Taiwan issue. At this meeting, the message released by the Chinese side is that it hopes that the United States will see that it can no longer adopt the previous routine of handling Sino-US relations, and "such a routine will not work in the end."
Regarding the meeting between Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Blinken, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin pointed out at a regular news conference held today that in recent years, due to the erroneous China policy pursued by the US side, Sino-US relations have suffered a comprehensive impact, which is not in line with the interests of the two peoples, the expectations of the international community, and the development trend of the times. The important experience accumulated by China and the United States in the more than 40 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations is that Sino-US cooperation benefits both sides, and fighting hurts both.
Wang Wenbin stressed that the important consensus reached by the heads of state of China and the United States in the two phone calls is that the two sides should restart dialogue and avoid confrontation, and hope that the UNITED States will earnestly implement the consensus of the two heads of state, strengthen dialogue and communication with the Chinese side, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, properly manage differences, and provide the necessary conditions for political preparations for exchanges in the next stage.
Source: GrandStand Sea