He urged Washington to adhere to the principle of “one China” and not to repeat the “mistakes” of 1997.
Visit of the speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan will undermine China-US relations. Such a statement was made on Monday, September 1, by Chinese ambassador to the UN Zhang Jun, Reuters reports.
“Such a visit is obviously very dangerous, very provocative,” Zhang said at a press conference marking the start of China's presidency of the UN Security Council in August. – If such a visit takes place, it will also undermine relations between China and the United States.”
He also said that such a visit by Pelosi should not be compared with the last visit by the speaker of the US House of Representatives to the island claimed by Beijing in 1997 . And he said that “a previous mistake does not make a subsequent mistake legitimate.”
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“Taiwan's tendency towards independence continues to develop. If we do not take appropriate decisive action to stop it… the situation could spiral out of control,” Zhang added to reporters in New York.
He urged Washington to adhere to the “one China” principle, which , he said, US President Joe Biden confirmed during a conversation with Chinese leader Xi Jinping last week.
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We would like to remind you that the speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi will arrive in Taiwan today, August 2, in the evening. The US says that China has no reason to use Pelosi's visit to Taiwan as a pretext for aggression. Meanwhile, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said Monday that Pelosi's visit to Taiwan would be a “gross interference in China's internal affairs” and warned that it would lead to “very serious events and consequences.”< /p>
