China Opposes US Allowing Chen Shui-bian's TransitChinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi said Monday that China firmly opposes the United States allowing Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian to transit through New York and Houston."We demand the U.S. government stop taking advantage of the Taiwan issue to interfere in the internal affairs of China," Sun said. The spokesman was answering a reporter who was seeking comments on the situation that Chen made a stopover in Houston in the United States and met with several U.S. congressmen after winding up a visit to Latin America. "We are against any country having diplomatic relations with China making official contacts and exchanges with the Taiwan authorities," he said. The U.S. government, disregarding opposition from the Chinese side, persisted in allowing Chen to meet U.S. congressmen, Sun said. "This has violated the three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiques and relevant promises the U.S. side has made, boosting the arrogance of the Taiwan "independence" forces in their efforts to sabotage cross-Straits relations. "We demand that the U.S. government abide by the "one-China" policy, the three China-U.S. joint communiques and its related promises, and not to make any form of official contacts or exchanges with the Taiwan authorities, and not to permit Chen Shui- bian or other Taiwan political figures to go to the United States to engage in activities aimed at splitting China," he said. |
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