China says its position on Taiwan will not change

Record ID: 102651

  • Title: China says its position on Taiwan will not change
  • Date: 20th May 2016
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (MAY 20, 2016) (REUTERS) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN HUA CHUNYING WALKING IN FOR REGULAR BRIEFING MEDIA SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN, HUA CHUNYING, SAYING: "What I want to stress is that the One China policy has been widely recognized by the international community. Adhering to the One China policy is the important political basis and precondition for China to develop relationships with other countries. Regardless of what internal political changes take place within Taiwan, China's positions of upholding the One China principle, opposing Taiwanese independence, opposing two Chinas and One China One Taiwan will not change." BRIEFING IN PROGRESS EXTERIOR OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY CHINESE NATIONAL FLAG FLYING
  • Embargoed: 4th June 2016 10:07
  • Keywords: Taiwan China Beijing president reaction
  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA
  • City: BEIJING, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Reuters ID: LVA0014IM329X
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: China said on Friday (May 20) its position on the Taiwan issue will not change after Tsai Ing-wen was inaugurated as the first female president on the island.
    Taiwan's new president urged China on Friday to "drop the baggage of history" in an otherwise conciliatory inauguration speech that Beijing's Communist Party rulers had been watching for any move towards independence.
    President Tsai Ing-wen was sworn in with Taiwan's export-driven economy on the ropes and China, which views the self-ruled island as its own, looking across the Taiwan Strait for anti-Beijing sentiment that could further sour economic ties.
    China, which has never renounced force to take control of what it considers a renegade province, said earlier this month the new Taiwan government would be to blame for any crisis that might erupt.
    Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying, asked about the inauguration, merely praised the record of the "one China" policy.
    "What I want to stress is that the One China policy has been widely recognized by the international community. Adhering to the One China policy is the important political basis and precondition for China to develop relationship with other countries. Regardless of what internal political changes take place within Taiwan, China's positions of upholding the One China principle, opposing Taiwanese independence, opposing two Chinas and One China One Taiwan will not change," Hua said.
    Tsai's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which has traditionally favoured independence, won parliamentary and presidential elections by a landslide in January and takes over after eight years under China-friendly Nationalist Ma Ying-jeou.
    Taiwan's first female president, said Taiwan would play a responsible role and be a "staunch guardian of peace" in its relationship with China.
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