China yesterday called on the United States to keep its promise on the
Taiwan issue and to safeguard peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits and
the sound development of the China-US ties.
"There's only one China in the world and Taiwan is an inalienable part of
Chinese territory," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang.
Qin was in response to a question about US President George W. Bush's remarks
on Saturday which called on the two sides of the Taiwan Straits to pursue peace
and stability through dialogue and refrain from unilateral moves that would
alter the cross-Straits situation.
"We urge the United States to adhere to the one-China policy and the three
Sino-US joint communiques, oppose 'Taiwan independence', oppose Taiwan's joining
the United Nations and other international organizations which only open to
sovereign nations," Qin said.
The Chinese government's policy on the cross-Straits relations has been
stated clearly and comprehensively in President Hu Jintao's remarks on March 4,
Qin said.
According to the Chinese President, secessionist activities in Taiwan have
become the greatest menace to China's national sovereignty and territorial
integrity, but such activities are doomed to fail.
As for the realization of peaceful development of cross-Straits relations, Hu
said, "We take adherence to the one-China principle as the foundation, with the
seeking of benefits for compatriots on both sides of the Straits as the
objective, and the deepening of mutually-beneficial, win-win exchange and
cooperation as the approach."
