China lodges solemn representations with US over the virtual meeting between Pelosi and Lai Ching-te
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian takes a question at the daily media briefing in Beijing on April 8, 2020. (Photo: AFP)

China rejects all forms of official interactions between the US and Taiwan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Sunday.

It is reported that the so-called Taiwanese "vice president" Lai Ching-te had an online meeting with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday during Lai's "transit" through San Francisco.

"We have lodged solemn representations with the US side over Lai Ching-te's virtual meetings with US lawmakers and others during Lai's 'transit' through the US," Zhao said.

"We urge the US to abide by the one-China principle and the stipulations in the three China-US joint communiqués, immediately stop the erroneous acts of having official exchanges with Taiwan, avoid sending any wrong signal to the 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces, and refrain from further undermining China-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait," he added.

(Compiled by Lin Rui)