The American State Department rejected a statement from its website stating that Washington does not support Taiwan’s independence – a move that caused anger in China.
China said the audit “sends the wrong … signal of separatist forces committed for independence in Taiwan” and asked now to “correct their mistakes”.
The fact of the Taiwan Relations Department and previously included the phrase “We do not support the independence of Taiwan” – this was removed last week as part of what was said to be a “routine” update.
Cited by the US spokesman “One Chinese “policy, It was said, where they now recognize and have formal ties with China, not Taiwan.
China sees the self -government Taiwan as a burning province that will eventually be part of the country and did not rule out the use of the force to achieve it.
But many Taiwanese are considered part of a separate nation, though most are advocated to maintain the status quo where Taiwan does not declare independence from China or unite it.
In addition to giving up the phrase, the fact, which was updated last Thursday, also says that the US will support membership in Taiwan in international organizations “if applicable”.
Commenting on changes, a spokesman for the US Institute in Taiwan – US de facto ambassador on the island – said local media that the fact was “updated to inform the general public of this [the US’] an unofficial relationship with Taiwan. “
“We have long stated that we are opposed to any one -sided change of status quo on both sides.”
On Sunday, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Lin Chia-Lung thanked the United States for what he called “positive words customized Taiwans.”
But at its regular press conference on Monday, the Peking Ministry of Foreign Affairs stabbed the move, calling the “serious regression” revision in the USA “in Taiwan.
“This sends the wrong and serious signal of separatist forces that are committed to independence in Taiwan and another example of American stubbornly persistent is her wrong policy of using Taiwan to restrain China,” said Chinese spokesman Guo Jiakun.
“We urge to correct his mistakes now [and] They sincerely adhere to that Chinese principle. “
