These are utterly completely different points, Beijing says
Taiwan is an inside Chinese matter and making an attempt to hyperlink it to occasions in Ukraine is inappropriate, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin stated on Friday. He additionally criticized US Vice President Kamala Harris for her feedback about Washington eager to additional develop its ties with the island.
“Anyone who seeks to insinuate [the] relevance of the Ukraine issue to the Taiwan question is invariably driven by political calculations,” Wang stated at an everyday press briefing, after AFP requested why Beijing hadn’t “explicitly” condemned Russia over Ukraine and whether or not that might encourage separatism.
“Such insinuation would constitute a violation of the principle of respecting a country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and serious interference in China’s internal affairs. Anyone hoping to exploit the Ukraine issue and find pretext for ‘Taiwan independence’ will only end up nowhere,” Wang added.
“Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory and the Taiwan question is purely China’s internal affair,” he insisted. “The Taiwan question and the Ukraine issue are different in nature and are not comparable at all.”
AFP’s query got here after Wang condemned remarks by US Vice President Kamala Harris, who visited Japan this week and stated her authorities meant to “support Taiwan’s self-defense” and “deepen our unofficial ties” with the island. She additionally accused China of in search of to undermine the rules-based worldwide order.
The US already violated China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity with the go to of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taipei in early August, Wang identified. While not particularly commenting on what Harris stated, he famous that this introduced into query the US dedication to the ‘One China’ coverage, repeatedly confirmed in writing over latest years.
“Speaking of rules, keeping one’s commitment is the most basic rule,” Wang informed reporters. “If the US cannot even keep its own word, in what position is it to talk about rules and order? A country like that could only become a disruptor of international rules.”
Taiwan has been run by Chinese nationalists who left the mainland in 1949, after dropping the civil struggle towards the Communists. Beijing considers it an inalienable a part of China, to be reintegrated sooner or later.
(RT.com)