China's Foreign Ministry on Monday expressed strong opposition to remarks made by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the Taiwan region, in which the senior official claimed that the U.S. is "resolutely committed" to making sure Taiwan has the means to defend itself.
Photo taken on July 21, 2019 from Xiangshan Mountain shows the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan. (Photo: Xinhua)
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian reiterated that the Taiwan question is an internal affair of China and called Blinken's remark a blatant challenge to the one-China principle, violating the provisions of the three China-U.S. joint communiques. This sends wrong signals to "Taiwan independence" forces, Zhao said.
