The Chinese Foreign Ministry presented the fact of the US Government on Monday, which removed the line of the US opposition to independence for Taiwan.
The United States has “returned” seriously at their position on Taiwan And he sent the wrong message “separatist forces” to the island, said the Ministry of the Ministry of the Guo Jiakun.
Taiwan and China split up in 1949 during the Civil War, which led the communists to power in China. The defeated nationalists fled to Taiwan and founded a rival government there. Taiwan has his own government and army, but has never declared a formal independence from China.
“We invite now that … we stop strengthening and supporting the independence of Taiwan and avoid further damage to the relationship between China and the US and peace and stability of the Taiwanese strait,” Guo said asking about an audit on the daily media briefing.
The Taiwanese strait is a narrow fruit path that separates the island of Taiwan from the eastern coast of China.
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The American State Department has removed the phrase “We do not support the independence of Taiwan” from the facts last week. The document on America’s relations with the island of self -government was published on his website.
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The Taiwanese government welcomed the move, although a statement sent to Associated Press on Monday mentioned the language.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that the US State Department had updated the page” of the current state of relations with the US entry of relationships … with a text that is positive and friendly to us, reflecting a close and friendly partnership between Taiwan and the United States, “said” .
This is not the first time State Department has removed the phrase. He did so in May 2022, but returned him a few weeks later after a strong protest from China.
It is unclear why State Department has changed his tongue again and whether it has signaled any change in politics under President Donald Trump, who returned to the White House last month.
The Government in Taiwan is worried that Trump may not be such an unwavering island fan as his predecessor, former President Joe Biden.
Now they do not recognize Taiwan as a country, but is his strongest support and the largest weapon supplier.
Trump said last week that Taiwan, a leading semiconductor manufacturer, took the job of a chip from now -Ao that he wanted him to return.
China, who says Taiwan must be under his control, has increased military exercises around the island of 23 million people in recent years. The fact of the US government says he expects “the differences will be resolved by peaceful means, without coercion, in a way acceptable to people on both sides.”
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