China firmly opposes Tsai Ing-wen’s plan to meet U.S. officials

Beijing, the Gulf Observer: China firmly opposes Tsai Ing-wen’s planned “transit” visit to the U.S. to meet U.S. officials and will take resolute countermeasures in such an event, Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, told a press conference on Wednesday.

The remarks came in response to reports that the Taiwan leader planned stopovers in the U.S. and is expected to meet U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California at the end of her trip.

If Tsai contacts McCarthy, it will be another provocation that seriously violates the one-China principle and undermines China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity as well as peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, Zhu said.

The “transit” by the Taiwan leader is essentially a provocative act of “relying on the United States to seek independence,” and the U.S. side is urged to strictly abide by the one-China principle and the three China-U.S. joint communiques, and take concrete actions to fulfill the solemn commitment of not supporting “Taiwan independence,” the spokesperson said.