CCTV news: According to the WeChat public account of the Ministry of National Defense, on the afternoon of October 17, the spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense, Colonel Zhang Xiaogang, released news on recent military-related issues.
Reporter: According to reports, the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate passed a new version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes a number of negative provisions related to China. It clearly allocates US$1 billion to the so-called "Taiwan Security Cooperation Initiative" to strengthen U.S.-Taiwan defense cooperation and invite Taiwan to participate in the RIM-Pacific exercise. What is the spokesperson’s comment?
Zhang Xiaogang: The US law bill’s negative provisions related to China grossly interfere in China’s internal affairs, undermine China’s sovereignty, security, and development interests, and undermine world peace and stability. We are firmly opposed to this. The Taiwan issue is the first insurmountable red line in Sino-US relations. Playing the "Taiwan card" by the US is tantamount to playing with fire. Arming Taiwan is destined to be a dangerous gamble, and it will pay a heavy price for it. We urge the United States to abide by the one-China principle and the three China-U.S. joint communiqués, earnestly implement its commitment not to support "Taiwan independence," stop sending wrong signals to "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, and stop any form of military contact with China's Taiwan region to avoid damaging the relations between the two countries and their militaries and the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait region.
