China on Tuesday urged the United States to immediately cancel
arms sale programs, stop arms sales and military links with
Taiwan.
Spokesman Liu Jianchao made the remarks when asked to comment
on? US Department of Defense's recent announcement of planning
to sell 3 sets of Patriot II anti-missile equipment upgrade systems
and affiliated equipments worth of US$939 million to Taiwan.
China firmly opposes to arms sales by the US government to
Taiwan, and had already raised strong objection and solemn
representations to the United States, said Liu, noting that this
has been a consistent and clear stance of China.
China urged the United States to take actual actions to carry out
the three China-US joint communiques, honor its commitment made to
China on the issue of Taiwan, and stop sending any misleading
signals to the separatist forces seeking for Taiwan Independence,
Liu said, affirming that China reserved rights for taking further
measures.
Regardless of China's solemn stance and firm opposition, the
United States took wrong actions in a row to sell the the P-3C anti
submarine warfare aircraft, the Patriot II antimissile equipment
upgrade systems and other advanced weapons, Liu said.
Such wrongdoing severely violated the US government's
commitments made to China in the joint communique signed between
the two countries on August 17, 1982, rudely interfered in China's
internal affairs, endangered Chinese national security and peaceful
unification, also disturbed the improvement and development of
China-US relations, Liu stressed.
Noting that the Taiwan situation is highly complicated and
sensitive, Liu said Chen Shui-bian's obstinate promotion of a
"referendum" on Taiwan's bid to enter the United Nations, seeking
membership in the UN under the name of Taiwan as well as other
separatist activities attempting for Taiwan independence seriously
threatened the peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits.
(Xinhua News Agency November 14, 2007)