The US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted on visiting China’s Taiwan region in disregard of China’s grave concern and firm opposition. The Chinese side absolutely needed to respond resolutely to it. Just as State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, China’s position is justified, reasonable and lawful; our measures are firm, strong and proportionate; and China’s military exercises are open, transparent and professional. They are consistent with domestic and international laws, as well as international practices.  

What should be pointed out is that it is the US that is seeking to change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait and causing the situation to escalate; it is the US that has made wanton provocations; and it is the US that has acted irresponsibly. Since four months ago, China has time and again made clear to the US through multiple channels and at various levels our stern position on Pelosi’s visit to the Taiwan region. We have been stressing that such a visit would seriously violate the one-China principle and the three Sino-US joint communiqués and constitute a major escalation of US provocations. We have also made clear that the Chinese side would not sit idly by in the event of such a visit; that the US side must not harbor any illusion or miscalculate on this; and that all consequences arising therefrom shall be borne by the US side. China has tried every means and done everything possible to warn about the consequences of such a visit. However, the US has chosen to pursue the wrong course of action in disregard of China’s dissuasion and warnings. what has happened is single-handedly orchestrated and provoked by the US and the context, cause and course of events are crystal clear. China has taken legitimate countermeasures only after the US made the provocation. Our countermeasures are aimed to uphold China’s sovereignty, security and territorial integrity and consistent with international law and China’s domestic law.

The US has been going down a wrong path which deviates from its commitment to the one-China principle, and yet it accuses China of escalating the situation. This is gangster logic.

China’s resolute countermeasures against Pelosi’s visit is not only a necessary step to uphold its sovereignty and territorial integrity, but also a legitimate move to safeguard the basic norms governing international relations and the international order established after WWII. The one-China principle has been recognized by the UN and the overwhelming majority of countries in the world, and it has become a widely accepted basic norm in international relations and constitutes an important part of the post-WWII world order. To resolutely uphold the one-China principle and firmly reject attempts to fudge and hollow out the one-China policy is to unequivocally uphold the principle of non-interference in other countries’ internal affairs and the principle in international law of respecting countries’ sovereignty and territorial integrity. For quite some time, in the name of democracy and human rights, the US has wantonly interfered in the internal affairs of developing countries and launched military interventions and aggression against them. That poses the biggest threat to regional and international security. By firmly opposing the US’s provocations on the Taiwan question, we are saying no to the US’s bullying and highhandedness, protecting cross-Strait peace and regional stability, and upholding international fairness and justice.

China’s legitimate and necessary measures have won broad support from the international community. More than 170 countries in the world have voiced their strong support for China to uphold its sovereignty and the one-China principle. They overwhelmingly outnumber the US and its few supporters. If the US acts wantonly and arbitrarily on the Taiwan question, neither the Chinese people, nor people elsewhere in the world will say yes to this. 

Fairness and Justice will always prevail!