China remains tough in the Taiwan conflict. “Taiwan has never been an independent country and will not be in the future. This is the status quo on the Taiwan issue,” China’s top foreign policy chief Wang Yi said at the Munich security conference on Saturday. Taiwan is part of Chinese territory. “It is not China that wants to change this status quo, but separatist forces in Taiwan.”
Wang Yi accused those calling for Taiwan’s independence of undermining peace and stability. “That is why we must oppose Taiwan’s independence and separatism and uphold the one China principle,” he added. This is also a consensus within the international community. “We reiterate the importance of preserving sovereignty and territorial integrity. And we hope the same goes for China.”
China considers Taiwan part of the People’s Republic and threatens to conquer it. The island republic, which has a population of 23 million, considered itself independent for a long time and was never part of the communist People’s Republic established in 1949. China has been increasing pressure on the island for months with maneuvers and deployment of naval vessels and military aircraft in the immediate vicinity of Taiwan.
(yam/sda/dpa)
Soource :Watson
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