China reiterates position on one-China principle and Taiwan
In Beijing, China, the Chinese Foreign Ministry once again reaffirmed its commitment to the one-China principle amid a dispute over the interpretation of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758. As Euronews reports, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that Taiwan has never been and will never be a country.
Beijing's position
Mao Ning accused the administration of Taiwan President Lai Ching-te, as Beijing calls it, of distorting the meaning of Resolution 2758. According to her, the document confirms the one-China principle. Earlier, Lai Ching-te said that China is distorting the interpretation of this resolution and that Taiwan is a sovereign independent state.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson also said that the rhetoric of Taiwan's authorities would not change, in Beijing's view, the historical and legal fact that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one China. She said that the resolution allegedly conclusively settled at the UN the issue of all of China, including Taiwan, and does not allow for the existence of “two Chinas” or the formula “one China, one Taiwan.”
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Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of China, also accused Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party of promoting what Beijing calls a new two-state theory. He said that the one-China principle is a basic norm of international relations.
Content of the UN resolution
UN General Assembly Resolution 2758, adopted in 1971, recognized the People's Republic of China as the sole legitimate representative of China at the United Nations and provided for the expulsion of the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek, that is, the then Kuomintang regime.
At the same time, the text of the resolution does not mention Taiwan's sovereignty or political status. China says that the one-China principle is supported by more than 180 UN member states. The United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, India and Australia adhere to a one-China policy: they recognize the PRC as the government of China, but take note of, without directly supporting, Beijing's claims to Taiwan.
