China Ministry of Foreign Affairs full statement on the occasion of high ranking US official visiting Taiwan - August 2, 2022

[sharon sanders]

My bolding

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China (full text)


Xinhua News Agency, August 2, 2022 at 22:54





　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 2. Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

　　On August 2, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, disregarded China's strong opposition and solemn representations, and visited Taiwan, China. China's sovereignty and territorial integrity have seriously undermined the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait and sent a serious wrong signal to the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces. The Chinese side firmly opposes and strongly condemns this, and has lodged solemn representations and strong protests with the US side.
　　There is only one China in the world, Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, and the government of the People's Republic of China is the only legitimate government representing the whole of China. Resolution 2758 of the UN General Assembly in 1971 made this clear. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, 181 countries have established diplomatic relations with China on the basis of the one-China principle. The one-China principle is the general consensus of the international community and the basic norm of international relations.
　　In 1979, the United States made a clear commitment in the communique on the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, "The United States of America recognizes the government of the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government of China. Within this scope, the American people will maintain cultural, commercial and other unofficial relations with the people of Taiwan." As an integral part of the U.S. government, the U.S. Congress should strictly abide by the one-China policy of the U.S. government and refrain from any official exchanges with the Taiwan region of China. China has always opposed US congressmen visiting Taiwan, and the US executive has the responsibility to prevent it. Speaker Pelosi is the current leader of the U.S. Congress. Her visit to Taiwan in any form and for any reason is a major political provocation to escalate official exchanges between the U.S. and Taiwan. China will never accept it, and the Chinese people will never agree to it.
　　The Taiwan issue is the most important, core and sensitive issue in Sino-US relations. At present, the situation in the Taiwan Strait is facing a new round of tension and severe challenges. The fundamental reason is that the Taiwan authorities and the United States are constantly changing the status quo. The Taiwan authorities have repeatedly "relyed on the United States to seek independence", refused to recognize the "1992 Consensus", carried out "de-Sinicization" and promoted "gradual Taiwan independence". The US side is trying to "use Taiwan to control China", constantly distorting and hollowing out the one-China principle, strengthening official exchanges between the United States and Taiwan, and supporting the "Taiwan independence" separatist activities. This is a very dangerous act of playing with fire, and those who play with fire will set themselves on fire.
　　The position of the Chinese government and Chinese people on the Taiwan issue has been consistent. Resolutely safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity is the firm will of the more than 1.4 billion Chinese people, and realizing the complete reunification of the motherland is the common aspiration and sacred duty of all Chinese sons and daughters. Public opinion cannot be violated, and the general trend is irreversible. No country, any force, or anyone should misjudge the Chinese government and people's strong determination, firm will, and strong ability to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and achieve national reunification and national rejuvenation.

China will take all necessary measures to resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity in response to the US House Speaker's visit to Taiwan, China, and the US and the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces must be responsible for all the consequences.
　　As two major powers, China and the US can only get along with each other through mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, avoidance of confrontation, and win-win cooperation. The Taiwan issue is purely China's internal affairs, and no other country has the right to be a judge on the Taiwan issue. China solemnly urges the U.S. side to stop playing the "Taiwan card" to "use Taiwan to control China", stop interfering in Taiwan affairs and interfere in China's internal affairs, stop supporting and condoning "Taiwan independence" separatist forces in various forms, and stop talking and acting on the Taiwan issue. One set, stop distorting and hollowing out the one-China principle, abide by the one-China principle and the provisions of the three Sino-US joint communiques with practical actions, and earnestly implement the "four non-no-no-no" commitments made by the US leaders, and don't make mistakes. And go further and further down the dangerous road..


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[sharon sanders]

This official statement.....


The Eastern Theater will carry out a series of joint military operations around Taiwan Island


August 2, 2022 23:20 Xinhuanet



　　Source: Official Weibo of the Eastern Theater
　　Colonel Shi Yi, a spokesman for the Eastern Theater Command, said that starting from the evening of August 2, the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army will conduct a series of joint military operations around Taiwan Island, and conduct joint air and sea exercises in the sea and airspaces of the northern, southwestern, and southeastern Taiwan Islands. training, conducting long-range live ammunition firing in the Taiwan Strait, and organizing regular-guided fire testing in the eastern waters of Taiwan Island. This action is a solemn deterrent against the recent major escalation of the negative actions of the United States on the Taiwan issue, and a serious warning to the "Taiwan independence" forces seeking "independence".


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[sharon sanders]

Eastern theater troops have full confidence and ability to counter all provocations


August 03, 2022 01:02 Author: CCTV Military





　　[The troops of the eastern theater have full confidence and ability to fight back against all provocations] Beginning on the evening of August 2, the eastern theater successively carried out a series of joint military operations around Taiwan Island, and conducted joint air and sea exercises in the sea and airspaces of the northern, southwestern, and southeastern Taiwan islands. During the training, long-range live ammunition will be fired in the Taiwan Strait, and a regular-guided fire test will be organized in the eastern waters of Taiwan Island. Gu Zhong, deputy chief of staff of the Eastern Theater Command, said: This joint military operation is a necessary measure against the dangerous actions of the United States and Taiwan authorities on the Taiwan issue. The theater organizes multi-service and arms units into a system and deploys all elements to conduct multi-course targeted drills such as joint containment and control, sea assault, land strike, and air superiority operations, as well as live-fire precision-guided weapons, and comprehensively test the performance of weapons and equipment and unit cooperation. Combat capability, be prepared to deal with any crisis situation! We warn those who want to flee to Taiwan and "Taiwan independence" elements with full confidence and ability to fight back against all provocations and resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.


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[sharon sanders]

Wang Yi: The United States' treachery on the Taiwan issue will only further bankrupt its national credibility
August 2, 2022 18:11 Ministry of Foreign Affairs website
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　　On August 2, 2022 local time, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi was interviewed by reporters after attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Foreign Ministers' Meeting and visiting Central Asia, expounding China's solemn position on the Taiwan issue.

　　Wang Yi said that the one-China principle is the universal consensus of the international community, the political foundation for China's exchanges with other countries, the core of China's core interests, and an insurmountable red line and bottom line. Some people in the United States have been challenging China's sovereignty over the Taiwan issue, hollowing out the one-China policy, and even deliberately causing trouble in the Taiwan Strait. The Chinese people will never accept this, and the international community scoffs at such unprovoked provocations.

　　Wang Yi said that during the visit, leaders of all countries clearly stated in their meetings and talks that they firmly adhere to the one-China policy, and they all believe that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory and oppose external forces interfering in China's internal affairs on the Taiwan issue. This once again shows that the one-China principle is the popular aspiration of the international community and the general trend.

　　Wang Yi stressed that the perfidy of the US side on the Taiwan issue is deplorable and can only further bankrupt the US's national credibility. Some politicians in the United States only care about their own interests, openly play with fire on the Taiwan issue, and become enemies of the 1.4 billion Chinese people, which will never end well. The exposure of the US bullying face to the world can only make it clearer to the people of all countries that the US is the biggest destroyer of today's peace.

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[sharon sanders]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the US ambassador to China: China firmly opposes and strongly condemns Pelosi's visit to Taiwan
August 03, 2022 02:04 CCTV
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　　Late at night on August 2, 2022, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng was ordered to urgently summon U.S. Ambassador to China Burns to make solemn representations and strong protests to the U.S. side on behalf of the Chinese government over U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. .

　　Xie Feng said that Pelosi took the risk of the world and deliberately provoked and played with fire, which seriously violated the one-China principle and the provisions of the three Sino-US joint communiques. The Taiwan Strait is peaceful and stable, sending a serious wrong signal to the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces. The nature is extremely bad, and the consequences are extremely serious. China will never sit idly by.

　　Xie Feng pointed out that the US government must take responsibility. For a period of time, the US has said one thing does another, and has continuously distorted, tampered with, falsified, and hollowed out the one-China principle. The U.S. government should have restrained Pelosi from acting recklessly and stopped Pelosi from doing reckless behavior, but it has allowed it to indulge, ganging up, aggravating tensions across the Taiwan Strait, and seriously damaging China-U.S. relations.


　　Xie Feng said that the US must pay for its mistakes. China will take necessary measures to resolutely countermeasures, and we will do what we say. Anyone who attempts to manipulate the Taiwan issue to gain political capital will only "get nothing out of the basket" and fantasize about playing the "Taiwan card" to concoct a political legacy, which will eventually be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

　　Xie Feng asked the U.S. side to immediately correct its mistakes and take practical measures to eliminate the bad influence of Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. Once again urge the U.S. side to stop provoking troubles and provocations on the Taiwan issue, stop condoning separatist forces that support "Taiwan independence", stop playing the "Taiwan card" in any form, and "use Taiwan to control China", stop interfering in Taiwan affairs, and interfere in China's internal affairs. And go further and further down the dangerous road.

　　Xie Feng emphasized that the general trend is irreversible and public opinion cannot be violated. Playing with fire will surely set yourself on fire. Taiwan is China's Taiwan, and will eventually return to the embrace of the motherland. The Chinese people are not afraid of ghosts, oppression, or belief in evil. No country, any force, or anyone should underestimate the strong determination, firm will and strong ability of the Chinese government and people to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, achieve national reunification and national rejuvenation. (CCTV reporter Zhao Chaoyi and Huang Da)


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[sharon sanders]

The mainland suspends the import of more than 100 Taiwanese foods, and the island is strongly concerned
August 03, 2022 08:25 World Wide Web
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　　[Global Times Comprehensive Report] On the evening of the 1st, the General Administration of Customs of the Mainland suspended the import of more than 100 food products from Taiwan, which aroused strong concern on the island. There are public opinions that this is a more serious suspension of import after Taiwan's production of fruits and aquatic products.

　　The General Administration of Customs of the Mainland announced on the evening of the 1st that some Taiwanese manufacturers violated relevant regulations and urgently stopped importing. This is in accordance with the General Administration of Customs of the Mainland No. 248 "Regulations on the Administration of Registration of Overseas Manufacturers of Imported Foods of the People's Republic of China", which restricts the export of products from Taiwan manufacturers that have not completed the renewal registration to the mainland. Taiwan's United News Network said on the 2nd that at present, the status of many food companies on the island has been changed to "suspended imports" in the General Administration of Customs of the Mainland. Whole Foods and Taishan Enterprises, etc.

　　Lin Jiarong, director of the International Department of Taiwan's "Council of Agriculture," said on the 2nd that it was initially determined that the import suspension was due to the fact that the mainland required registration of food sold to the mainland last year, and some practitioners may not complete the supplementary documents as scheduled. According to Taiwan's Zhongshi Electronic News, according to the requirements of the mainland, starting from January 1 this year, 18 categories of specific foods must be recommended by the competent authority of the exporter before they can be sold to the mainland.

Lin Jiarong, Director of the International Office of Taiwan's "Council of Agriculture"Lin Jiarong, Director of the International Office of Taiwan's "Council of Agriculture"
　　Taiwan's "Council of Agriculture" said on the 2nd that the agricultural products on the island were more seriously damaged, including aquatic products, honey and tea. Among them, there are many aquatic products, including live fish, fresh refrigerated fish, frozen fish, dried fish, prepared fish, canned fish, etc. In addition to the banned grouper, the fishery products exported to the mainland also include ocean-going fish. "The scope of the ban is still under investigation by the Fisheries Department." Cai Baoxing, director-general of the Ryukyu Fisheries Association, said that fish products were to be exported to the mainland. At first, the Fisheries Administration required fishermen and fishing boats to register on the website provided by the Fisheries Administration, but why were some fishing boats unable to export them? What, or what certificate has expired, you have to ask the "Fisheries Department".

　　Zheng Jinkun, chairman of the Taiwan Beekeeping Association, said that the island's honey production is insufficient, with an annual output of about 8,000 to 10,000 tons, and the very few that can be exported theoretically have no special impact on beekeepers. However, some operators are Taiwanese, but if they keep bees in Thailand and sell them to the mainland, such operators may be affected. As for the tea part, a certain industry in the central region believes that some of the high-end tea and high-end markets with an altitude of more than 2,000 meters are sold to the mainland, and such merchants and tea farmers will be affected.

　　The island's bakery industry suffered heavy losses. According to the official website of the General Administration of Customs of the Mainland of China, among the 107 manufacturers in Taiwan that have obtained registration numbers on the mainland in the product category "biscuits, cakes, and breads", 35 are in the status of "suspended import". Guo Yuanyi, the person in charge of Guo Yuanyi Foods, said that he only received news temporarily on the 2nd that the sales items include pineapple cakes and so on. According to the official website of Weili, the company's products are mainly exported to the mainland, with a total of 9 bases. If it cannot be exported, it may suffer heavy losses. Taiwan Economic Daily said on the 2nd that according to the statistics of Taiwan's "Ministry of Finance", the banned products are mostly "modified food" in the category of goods. Last year, Taiwan exported about 2.02 billion US dollars of prepared food, of which 650 million was exported to the mainland and Hong Kong. The US dollar accounts for 32%, and in recent years it accounts for about 30% to 40%. It can be said that it is one of the most important export markets for prepared food.


　　In response to the mainland's ban on the import of Taiwanese food, Huang Weizhe, mayor of Tainan from the Democratic Progressive Party, asserted on the 2nd that Taiwanese food factories are very adaptable and the authorities should provide the strongest backing, "Faced with such quasi-sanctions from China (mainland), we have not scared". However, Xu Shubo, chairman of the All-Taiwan Chamber of Commerce, believes that regional peace and stability will be of real help to Taiwan's economy and trade. The mainland bans the import of products from hundreds of food factories, and the impact on the food industry and the vast number of farmers and fishermen is immediately apparent. The person in charge of a major food factory in the central region lamented after receiving an inquiry from a Taiwanese media reporter, "It's very bad that the government wants to do this and make the people suffer."

　　The United News Network said on the 2nd that since last year, the mainland has banned the import of Taiwan pineapples, sagas, lotus mist and grouper due to pests and diseases, the use of banned drugs and other reasons. Taiwan's "Chairman of the Agriculture Committee" Chen Jizhong estimated in April that 50% to 70% of products exported to the mainland, such as grouper, midge, citrus, and dandelion, are the most risky, but "supporting measures are ready. ". As a result, groupers were forcibly distributed to Taiwanese schoolchildren for nutritious lunches, and the "Council of Agriculture" did not find other major markets outside the mainland. The article said that once Taiwan's agricultural and aquatic products are stopped from being exported to the mainland, it will have a further impact on Taiwan's food, agriculture and aquaculture industries, and it will also have a direct impact on Taiwan's farmers and fishermen. (Chen Lifei)

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[Mary Wilson]

21 Chinese military aircraft enter Taiwan’s ADIZ

By Eric Chang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
2022/08/03 10:21

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Twenty-one Chinese military planes were tracked in Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday (Aug. 2), the same day U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in the country.

Ten People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Shenyang J-16 fighter jets, eight Shenyang J-11 fighter planes, one KJ-500 airborne early warning and control aircraft, one Shaanxi Y-9 electronic warfare plane, and one Shaanxi Y-8 electronic intelligence plane were monitored in the southwest corner of Taiwan’s ADIZ, according to the Ministry of National Defense.

In response, Taiwan sent aircraft, issued radio warnings, and deployed air defense missile systems to track the PLAAF planes. An ADIZ is an area that extends beyond a country’s airspace where air traffic controllers ask incoming aircraft to identify themselves.

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4614891

 

[Mary Wilson]

Taiwan tracks 2 Chinese warships off Lanyu Island

By Eric Chang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
2022/08/02 16:18

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Two Chinese warships were tracked in international waters off the coast of Lanyu Island in eastern Taiwan early Tuesday morning (Aug. 2).

A People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) missile destroyer and guided-missile frigate were spotted 45 nautical miles southeast of Lanyu at about 4 a.m. on Tuesday, a military official told CNA. The official said that over the past two days PLAN reconnaissance ships, missile destroyers, and frigates have been monitored in the waters southeast of Hualien County and Lanyu Island.

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4614164

 

[Mary Wilson]

Apple chipmaker TSMC warns Taiwan-China war would make everybody losers

PUBLISHED TUE, AUG 2 202210:42 AM EDT
UPDATED 5 HOURS AGO

Kif Leswing

KEY POINTS

• If China were to invade Taiwan, the most-advanced chip factory in the world would be rendered “not operable,” TSMC Chair Mark Liu said.
• “The war brings no winners, everybody’s losers,” Liu said.
• He said an invasion would cause economic turmoil for China, Taiwan and Western countries

... “Nobody can control TSMC by force. If you take a military force or invasion, you will render TSMC factory not operable,” Liu said. “Because this is such a sophisticated manufacturing facility, it depends on real-time connection with the outside world, with Europe, with Japan, with U.S., from materials to chemicals to spare parts to engineering software and diagnosis.”

TSMC, the world’s most advanced chip manufacturer, makes processors for American companies including Apple and Qualcomm. It manufactures Apple’s A-series and M-series chips and has over 50% of the world’s semiconductor foundry market.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/02/app...an-china-war-would-make-everybody-losers.html

 

[sharon sanders]

China punishes diehard 'Taiwan secessionists,' foundations and companies in accordance with law
By Global Times
Published: Aug 03, 2022 12:59 PM
Updated: Aug 03, 2022 01:01 PM


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Zhang Wensheng, deputy dean of the Taiwan Research Institute at Xiamen University, told the Global Times on Wednesday that after reunification, the Chinese mainland can collect evidence against "Taiwan secessionists" in accordance with the Criminal Law, set up special courts to try them in absentia, and start a global manhunt and arrest operation.

In addition, the scope of sanctions can be extended to the family members of "Taiwan secessionists," which means they'll be banned from business exchanges with the mainland and the institutions they work for should also be punished, Zhang said.

Mainland experts said that it cannot be ruled out that more regulations against secessionists will be adopted in the future. Considering that the Anti-Secession Law is more of a framework and principle law, the mainland could formulate a specific law targeting Taiwan secessionists, similar with the national security law for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

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[Emily]

It must be hell for marine life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrwdZpWI8K8

Gravitas: Chinese military surrounds Taiwan with military drills
321,025 views Aug 3, 2022 Responding to Nancy Pelosi's visit, China has planned four days of military drills in areas encircling Taiwan. Beijing is calling this "targeted military operations". Palki Sharma tells you how China's actions have raised the risk of conflict.

 

[Pathfinder]

Historian Alfred McCoy: As Tensions Rise over Taiwan, U.S. & China “Edging Ever Closer” to War

STORY MARCH 10, 2023
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ALFRED McCOY: ...

We’re edging ever closer to that brink. Yes, we are. Look, when — history teaches us one thing. As Barbara Tuchman said in her famous book, The Guns of August, referring to August of 1914, trying to explain how the great powers fought a war that nobody won, World War I, and basically what she found was that by preparing for war, that the powers inclined themselves. They increased the probability that war would come. And from the very apex of power in both Beijing and Washington, all the way down the chain of command, both powers are preparing for war. The leaders are making statements, and their commanders are falling in line with preparations for war. And that greatly increases the probability of conflict breaking out.
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https://www.democracynow.org/2023/3/10/xi_jinping_china

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning’s Regular Press Conference on March 10, 2023
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Bloomberg: The Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told the US House Intelligence Committee that the US intelligence community doesn’t think that China wants a military conflict over Taiwan. How does the foreign ministry respond to this?

Mao Ning: Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory. Resolving the Taiwan question is a matter for the Chinese and must be decided by Chinese ourselves. No one shall ever underestimate the firm resolve, staunch will and strong capability of the Chinese government and people to defend sovereignty and territorial integrity.

We urge the US to abide by the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiqués, deliver on US leaders’ commitment of not supporting “Taiwan independence” or “two Chinas” or “one China, one Taiwan”, stop all forms of official interaction with Taiwan, stop upgrading its substantive exchanges with the region, and stop obscuring and hollowing out the one-China principle. 
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https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwf..._11039119.html

 

[Emily]

I don't think Taiwan will let themselves become the next Ukraine.

https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/did-...speaker-visit/
Did Taiwan Call off Another US House Speaker Visit?

A scoop from Financial Times says that Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has instead asked to meet Kevin McCarthy during a stopover visit to California.

By Brian Hioe
March 07, 2023

Tsai Ing-wen speaks at Columbia University, New York, during a stopover in the United States, July 12, 2019.
Credit: Official Photo by Makoto Lin / Office of the President, ROC (Taiwan)The Financial Times reported on Monday that U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy will no longer be visiting Taipei to meet with senior government officials including Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, and would instead be meeting with Tsai in California. The report stated that Tsai persuaded McCarthy to make this change so as to avoid provoking China – which might respond to a McCarthy trip with military drills around Taiwan, as it did following then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei in August 2022...