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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) — State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Zhu Fenglian expressed strong opposition to U.S. arms sales to Taiwan at a press conference Wednesday.
Zhu Fenglian made the statement while commenting at the media's request on reports that the United States may sell Taiwan a record amount of weapons next year.
"We have always clearly and resolutely opposed the sale of American weapons to the Chinese region of Taiwan," Zhu Fenglian said.
She emphasized that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration had squandered funds that could have been used to improve living conditions on the island in order to curry favor with outside powers. This, she said, could only bring dire hardship to Taiwan's compatriots.
She reiterated that the Taiwan issue is an exclusively internal matter for China and does not allow for external interference.
She criticized some people in the US for using Taiwan as a pawn for their political and economic interests and called on the US to adhere to the one-China principle and the three Sino-US joint communiqués. -0-
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