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Nation opposes passage of US bill
(China Daily)
Updated: 2005-07-30 07:15
China expressed strong opposition to the United States House of
Representatives' passage of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal
Years 2006 and 2007, saying it violates Sino-US agreements and will poison
Washington-Beijing ties.
According to the bill, the Department of State "should facilitate high level
meetings between" high level officials of Taiwan including "president,"
"vice-president," "foreign minister" and "defence minister" and their
counterparts in the United States.
The Chinese foreign ministry said in a press release on Friday that the
bill's passage severely violates the basic principles of international relations
and agreements between the two countries.
Calling the China-related sections of the bill "a gross interference in
China's internal affairs," the ministry's spokesman Kong Quan said in the press
release that China urged the US Government to prevent congress from passing the
act.
The House of Representatives passed the appropriations for the Department of
State for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 last Thursday.
The act, which will go to the Senate for a round of deliberation, hurts
China-US relations and send "wrong signals" to those "Taiwan 'independence'
secessionist forces," said Kong, adding it is a betrayal of the US stance of
one-China policy.
"The Chinese Government opposes any form of official contact between Taiwan
and the United States," Kong said.
He said that if the act became law, it would cause
"serious damage" to the relationship across the Taiwan Straits, the peace and
stability in the Asia-Pacific region and Sino-US ties.
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