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08-04-2022, 04:13 PM
With Pelosi’s Taiwan trip, the US betrays the one-China principle
- While Washington claims Congress acts on it own, the US must fulfil its international obligations
- In ultimately allowing Pelosi’s Taiwan visit, the US is exacerbating tensions across the Taiwan Strait and jeopardising peace in the region
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US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s ill-disposed visit to Taiwan on August 2 and 3, in defiance of worldwide condemnation, violated the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques, badly impacted the political foundation of China-US relations, infringed on China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and severely undermined peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
The appalling nature of her visit has led to serious indignation among Chinese people and opposition from the international community.
Pelosi has long been a notorious figure – and her actions are a political plague – viewing China for decades through glasses tinted with deep ideological prejudice. On the pretext of promoting democracy and human rights, she has a tarnished record of interfering in China’s internal affairs, such as on issues about Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong, religion and human rights.
Despite stern opposition from the Chinese side, Pelosi insisted on visiting Taiwan to look like a “guardian of democracy”. The real purpose of the trip was to seek political capital, prepare her political legacy and feed her political ambition. It once again laid bare her political self-interest and anti-China paranoia.
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