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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) — China's Defense Ministry on Thursday strongly opposed recent U.S. statements on Taiwan's so-called final political status, saying separatist activities to achieve "Taiwan independence" pose the most serious challenge to the post-war international order.
Chinese Ministry of Defense Spokesperson Zhang Xiaogang made the statement at a press conference in response to a journalist's question about the American Institute in Taiwan's statements. The organization asserts that postwar documents such as the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Declaration do not determine Taiwan's final political status.
Zhang Xiaogang emphasized that the return of Taiwan to China is an integral part of the victorious outcome of World War II and the post-war international order.
According to him, the Cairo Declaration of 1943 and the Potsdam Declaration of 1945 clearly stated that Taiwan must be returned to China, and the Japanese Instrument of Surrender of 1945 enshrined these provisions. Zhang Xiaogang noted that these international legal documents confirm China's sovereignty over Taiwan.
“The United States, as a signatory to the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Declaration, is well aware of the historical and legal facts that Taiwan is part of China, but shamelessly revives the false thesis of ‘Taiwan’s undetermined status,’” the official representative said.
"Separatist activities to achieve 'Taiwan independence' pose the most serious challenge to the post-war international order and the greatest threat to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait," Zhang Xiaogang emphasized. –0–
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