The video meeting between the Chinese and US first leaders ended, and Xie Feng, Vice Foreign Minister, accepted an interview with the media.
Xie Feng replied: Maintaining national unity and territorial integrity is the common will and firm determination of all Chinese people. The Taiwan issue has always been the most important and sensitive issue in Sino-US relations, and it is also an issue that must be discussed in every exchange between the two heads of state. President Xi Jinping clearly pointed out in this meeting that the one-China principle and the three Sino-US joint communiqués are Sino-US issues. The political basis of the relationship. Successive U.S. governments have made clear commitments to this. Whether it is UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 or the three Sino-US joint communiqu The government of the Republic is the only legal government representing China. The complete reunification of China is the common aspiration of all Chinese people. We are willing to strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification with the utmost sincerity and our utmost efforts. However, if the “Taiwan independence” separatist forces provoke persecution and even break through the red line, we will have to take drastic measures. On this issue concerning China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, China has no room for compromise.
During the meeting, President Biden reiterated that the United States adheres to the one-China policy and does not support “Taiwan independence.”
Regarding the Taiwan issue, I would like to say a few more words. As you said, the Chinese people are strongly dissatisfied with the U.S.’s recent attempts to confuse and blur the one-China policy on the Taiwan issue. The Chinese government has repeatedly made solemn representations to the U.S. regarding the meaning and content of one-China. Both politically and legally, they are very clear, which are embodied in the three Sino-US joint communiqués and the UN General Assembly Resolution 2758, and other legally effective formal international agreements and documents. They cannot be tampered with, distorted, or denied. UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 clearly “recognizes the People’s Republic of China as the sole legal representative of China in the United Nations”. The Legal Affairs Office of the United Nations Secretariat also confirmed in a series of subsequent legal opinions that “the United Nations believes that Taiwan has no independent status as a province of China” and that “the Taiwan authorities do not enjoy any form of government status”. The three Sino-US joint communiqués even stated in black and white, “The United States of America recognizes the government of the People’s Republic of China as the sole legal government of China and recognizes China’s position that there is only one China and Taiwan is a part of China.” The United States should abide by the formal bilateral agreements reached between China and the United States and the formal resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly by an overwhelming majority, face up to the facts and attitudes of the overwhelming majority of countries in the world in adhering to the one-China principle, change course, and use actions to win the trust of the Chinese people. In the international community.