Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said that Chinese officials see the Taiwan issue as a red line, so the United States should not try to interfere in its solution in any way. He made the relevant statement at a press conference of the country’s main negotiating and legislative body during its annual sessions in Beijing this week. TASS.
As the minister noted, this issue “touches the core of China’s fundamental interests.” According to him, this is a “red line” that “must not be crossed” in relations between Beijing and Washington.
“The reason we are discussing the Taiwan issue with the American side is because we demand that it not interfere in China’s domestic politics,” the diplomat said.
Qin Gang also said that the Central Government of the People’s Republic of China will continue to support the peaceful reunification of the mainland with Taiwan. He noted that mainland China and its inhabitants are “blood brothers”.
“We will continue to strive for the peaceful reunification of the Motherland, and we will continue to show our best goodwill for this,” he said.
It was previously reported that Chinese authorities intend to in 2023. “decisive struggle” against Taiwanese independence.
The Taiwan question has been open since 1949, when the communist People’s Republic of China was proclaimed on the mainland and the Kuomintang party, which previously ruled the country, fled to Taiwan. Beijing insists on the “one China principle” in Taiwan, in which it is impossible to recognize both the PRC and the Republic of China at the same time. The situation in the region has escalated due to the visits of American delegations to Taiwan in 2022.