Taiwan independence the view from Beijing

Spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry

15 Apr 2022 6 8

Qin Gang

Inserted 2 years ago

“Let me emphasise this. The Taiwan issue is the biggest tinderbox between China and the United States. If the Taiwanese authorities, emboldened by the United States, keep going down the road for independence, it most likely [will] involve China and the United States, the two big countries, in a military conflict.”

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Chinese Ambassador to the United States

28 Jan 2022 4 4

Zhu Fenglian

Inserted 2 years ago

“We are willing to strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification. But if 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces continue to provoke and coerce, or even cross any red line, we will have to take decisive measures. The pursuit of independence will only throw Taiwan into a deep chasm and bring about profound catastrophe.”

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Spokesperson for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office

01 Jan 2022 4 5

Yongwook Ryu

Inserted 2 years ago

“The current sanction is restricted to Far Eastern Group, and its magnitude does not seem overly costly. But what is important is its signaling effect both to foreign and Taiwanese businesses, as well as to the Chinese public, that the Chinese government shall not tolerate any bit of Taiwanese independence movement or support.”

Assistant professor of East Asian international relations at the National University of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

24 Nov 2021 4 4

Lijian Zhao

Inserted 2 years ago

“Those offering platform to 'Taiwan independence' forces will find themselves in an embarrassing place. Those playing with fire with 'Taiwan independence' forces will end up getting burned. We have repeatedly stated our position. Democracy is a common value of all humanity, not the patent of a few countries. What the US has done shows exactly that it is only using democracy as a cover and tool to advance its geostrategic goals, suppress other countries, divide the world, and serve its selfish agenda of maintaining hegemony.”

Spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry

24 Nov 2021 7 4

Zhu Fenglian

Inserted 2 years ago

“Businesses and financial sponsors associated with supporters of Taiwan independence will be penalized according to law. Backers of independence undermine cross-strait relations and risk instability in the region.”

Spokesperson for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office

22 Nov 2021 4 4

Yi Wang

Inserted 2 years ago

“Any connivance of and support for the 'Taiwan independence' forces undermines peace across the Taiwan Strait and would only boomerang in the end.”

State Councillor and China's foreign minister

14 Nov 2021 4 3

Yi Wang

Inserted 2 years ago

“If the United States really wants to maintain peace in the Taiwan Strait, it should clearly and resolutely oppose any Taiwan pro-independence behavior.”

State Councillor and China's foreign minister

13 Nov 2021 4 3

Wang Wenbin

Inserted 2 years ago

“There is only one China in the world and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory. The one-China principle is a universally recognized norm of international relations and universal consensus of the international community. Upholding the one-China principle is the overriding trend with strong popular support. We want to admonish the Taiwan authorities that Taiwan independence leads to a dead end, dollar diplomacy is rejected by all, and all attempts to reverse the historical trend by soliciting foreign support are bound to fail.”

Spokesperson of China and deputy director of the Foreign Ministry Information Department of China

08 Nov 2021 2 3

Lijian Zhao

Inserted 2 years ago

“The one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiqués constitute the political foundation of China-US relations. The so-called 'Taiwan Relations Act' and 'Six Assurances' unilaterally concocted by the US gravely violate international law, basic norms governing international relations and the one-China principle. China has made clear its firm rejection to them from the very beginning. For a while, the US has been keeping up erroneous words and acts on the Taiwan question. The Chinese side has made resolute and necessary reactions every step of the way. Should the US side choose to continue playing the ill-advised 'Taiwan card', it would inevitably pose seismic risks to China-US relations, seriously undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and gravely harm the interests of the US itself. We urge the US to abide by its commitment, the one-China principle, the stipulations of the three China-US joint communiqués and UNGA Resolution 2758, stop making irresponsible erroneous remarks, stop assisting Taiwan in expanding the so-called 'international space', avoid sending wrong signals to 'Taiwan independence' forces, and safeguard the political foundation for China-US relations with concrete actions.”

Spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry

27 Oct 2021 7 7

Wang Wenbin

Inserted 2 years ago

“Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory. The Taiwan question is purely China's internal affairs that allow no foreign interference. On issues that bear on China's sovereignty, territorial integrity and other core interests, no one shall expect China to make any compromise or trade-offs. No one should underestimate the resolve, the will and the ability of the Chinese people to defend their national sovereignty and territorial integrity. Do not stand on the opposite side of the 1.4 billion people. We urge the US to earnestly abide by the one-China principle and stipulations in the three China-US joint communiques, be prudent with its words and actions on the Taiwan question, and avoid sending wrong signals to the 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces, lest it should seriously damage China-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.”

Spokesperson of China and deputy director of the Foreign Ministry Information Department of China

22 Oct 2021 4 8

Global Times

Inserted 2 years ago

“Taiwan's political future can never be determined by its society. This is because Taiwan is part of China's national sovereignty, and in a country with traditions of great unity going back thousands of years, the answer to the Taiwan question is established and it is even clearer, especially when China's national strength is flourishing. On the global scale, even if the US and its allies want to use the Taiwan question to impede the Chinese mainland, they will have to verbally pledge their support for the 'one-China' policy. And no major power will dare openly recognize Taiwan as an independent sovereign state.”

Editorial piece by Global Times

10 Oct 2021 4 6

Ma Xiaoguang

Inserted 2 years ago

“Tsai's speech advocates Taiwan secessionism and incite confrontation between the two sides of Taiwan Straits, distorting facts and holding the Taiwan public hostage in the name of consensus and solidarity, while colluding with foreign forces to provoke the mainland and seek secessionism. Our crackdown against Taiwan secessionists is targeting the DPP and secessionist forces, rather than Taiwan compatriots. The DPP cannot fool the Taiwan public or the international community by creating bad blood and obscuring the facts.”

Spokesperson for the China's Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council

10 Oct 2021 7 5

Xi Jinping

Inserted 2 years ago

“Taiwan independence separatism is the biggest obstacle to achieving the reunification of the motherland, and the most serious hidden danger to national rejuvenation. Peaceful reunification best meets the overall interests of the Taiwanese people, but China will protect its sovereignty and unity. No one should underestimate the Chinese people's staunch determination, firm will, and strong ability to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity. The historical task of the complete reunification of the motherland must be fulfilled, and will definitely be fulfilled.”

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President of the People's Republic of China

09 Oct 2021 5 5

China's Taiwan Affairs Office

Inserted 2 years ago

“All forms of comments on Taiwan independence are but flies 'humming, with a burst of shrilling and a fit of sobbing'.”

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Statement by the China's Taiwan Affairs Office

30 Sep 2021 2 3

Lijian Zhao

Inserted 2 years ago

“The Taiwan question is the most important and sensitive issue at the core of China-US relations. The one-China principle is the political foundation of bilateral relations. In the China-US Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations, the US unequivocally that 'the people of the United States will maintain cultural, commercial, and other unofficial relations with the people of Taiwan'. In his phone call with President Xi Jinping, President Biden said that the US has no intention to change the one-China policy. China has lodged solemn representation with the US side in terms of the above-mentioned issue reported by the media. The US should abide by the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiqués, honor its commitments with concrete actions, stop all forms of official exchanges with Taiwan, and stop elevating substantive relations with Taiwan. This should include refrain from renaming the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the US as 'Taiwan Representative Office', and stop sending wrong signals to 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces. The US side should handle the Taiwan question in a prudent manner, lest it should seriously undermine China-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.”

Spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry

13 Sep 2021 11 7

Shi Yi

Inserted 2 years ago

“The PLA [People's Liberation Army] Eastern Theater Command on Tuesday dispatched warships, anti-submarine warfare aircraft and fighter jets in surrounding maritime and aerial areas near the southwest and southeast directions of the island of Taiwan for military exercises, including joint live-fire assaults, and also for testing the troops' integrated joint operation capabilities. The US and the Taiwan authorities have been frequently colluding and making provocations, sending wrong signals and severely violating China's sovereignty and seriously damaging peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits. They have become the biggest security risk in the region. The PLA Eastern Theater Command will continue to boost its war preparedness and related training, and is determined to crush and capable of crushing any 'Taiwan independence' secessionist activities and resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

Chinese Senior Colonel and spokesperson of the Eastern Theater Command

17 Aug 2021 5 5

Qian Wu

Inserted 2 years ago

“We are always fully prepared to deal with foreign forces' interference and Taiwan secessionist activities, and the goal is to safeguard the prospect of and push forward a peaceful reunification. If the 'Taiwan independence' forces insist on secessionism, the Chinese mainland's military will take all necessary measures to crush their attempts.”

China’s defence ministry spokesman

29 Apr 2021 1 5

Le Yucheng

Inserted 3 years ago

“National reunification of the island of Taiwan and China is a historical process. It will not be stopped by anyone or any force. We will never let Taiwan go independent. We are prepared to do everything we can for a peaceful reunification. That said, we don't pledge to give up other options. No option is excluded. The Taiwan question bears on China's core interests. There is simply no room for compromise.”