BEIJING, 28 May 2022, (TON): Zhu Fenglian, spokeswoman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, said “Beijing is ready to make every effort to peacefully reunite with Taiwan, but will by no means give up the possibility of using force and all necessary measures against external interference and pro-independence separatists.”

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, in a speech on US policy towards China, said “the most serious long-term challenge” to the international order.”

 At the same time, he stressed that the United States does not support the independence of Taiwan, while opposing any unilateral change in the status quo, and continues to help Taiwan maintain a sufficient level of defensive capability.

Zhu Fenglian said “the corresponding speech by the US Secretary of State is replete with baseless accusations, exaggeration of the ‘China threat’, and erroneous statements regarding Taiwan, which once again exposed the nature of the US in supporting Taiwan and containing China.”

She stressed “the one China principle is the political foundation of the relationship between Washington and Beijing, and the US has made serious commitments on the Taiwan issue in the two countries’ three joint communiqués.”