Q: What is China's comment on the
upcoming vote of the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act by the
US Congress?
A: A few
members of the US Congress have tried hard to push for the
adoption of the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act. The essence
is to, through strengthened domestic legislation, provide
the so-called legal basis for the provision of various
sophisticated weapons and equipment by the US to Taiwan and
the establishment and enhancement of direct links between
the armed forces in the US and Taiwan. The attempt has
gravely threatened peace and stability across the Taiwan
Straits and the China-US relations. The Chinese Government
and people have, from the very beginning, expressed their
strong condemnation of and resolute opposition to the Act,
and have lodged serious representation with the US side. The
Chinese side has taken note of the fact that the US
Government has expressed its opposition to the adoption of
the Act by the US Congress. The Chinese side strongly urges
the members of the US Congress to stop at once this
erroneous act of interfering in the internal affairs of
China by using the question of Taiwan, and urges the US
Government to abide by the three China-US Joint Communiqu_,
see clearly the harmful effect of the Act, and adopt
concrete and effective measures to prevent it from becoming
law so as not to seriously undermine the China-US relations.