China firmly opposes US destroyers' sailing through Taiwan Strait: FM spokesperson

20:42, December 31, 2020

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  China firmly opposes US spending bill that includes Taiwan and Tibet

  File photo: agenciesChina on Monday expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition after US President Donald Trump signed a government spending bill that includes provisions about Chinas Taiwan and Tibet Autonomous Region.The act will seriously disrupt and hurt China-US relations, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said.The Chinese government firmly resolves to safeguard national sovereignty and security, and strongly urges the US to stop using Tibet-related and Taiwan-related issues to interfere in Chinas internal affairs, he added.

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  China denounces US warships’ recent transit in Taiwan Strait

  File photo of guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (Photo: AFP)China strongly opposed US navy’s transit through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, denouncing such missions as sending the wrong signal to pro-independence secessionists in Taiwan and greatly harming the peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.Wu Qian, a spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense made the above remarks following two US warships passing through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, shortly after the US navy’s transit through the strait on December 18.“China’s military tailed the warships and will keep on high alert at all times. The PLA army is ready to respond to all threats and provocations so as to firmly safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” he added.(Compiled by Han Xiaomeng)

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  US clean network program ‘coercion,’ economic bullying: FM spokesperson

  China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs slammed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s remarks on Thursday saying that the US has turned the tide on China’s 5G master plan.“The so-called ‘clean network program’ is simply a kind of coercion and won’t win people’s trust. It will surely be boycotted by more and more countries,” ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a routine press briefing on Thursday.Wang wenbin (File photo)“Some US politicians generalized the concept of national security, and abused state power to suppress the development of certain foreign enterprises,” Wang said.“It’s purely practicing economic bullying, which goes against the principles of market competition and international trade, which also impacts the stability of global industry chain and supply chain.”Wang said that some foreign media had also criticized the clean network program, saying it was a policy that advocates America First and Europe did not want to see that.Wang said Europe reportedly didn’t intend to take sides between the US and China.Coercion and bullying could stop the development of Chinese companies, Wang said. China has built 718,000 5G base stations, the largest 5G network in the world, Wang noted.“We are willing to work with other countries to advance relevant cooperation on the basis of mutual opening, equality and benefit,” Wang said.“We also call on the international community to resolutely say ‘no’ to national discrimination in global economic, trade, scientific and technological cooperation, just like resisting racial discrimination.”(Compiled by Han Xiaomeng and Zhu Yingqi)