US-China Relations Updates

According to reports from Taiwanese media, the US House Foreign Affairs Committee has passed the so-called ” Taiwan International Solidarity Act” with zero opposition votes, which not only advocates resistance to prevent the reunification of mainland China but also claims that UN Resolution 2758 only deals with the issue of the representation of the People’s Republic of China in the UN and does not involve Taiwan. This move is essentially an attempt to fundamentally destabilize the international legal basis of ” One China” and the fact that Taiwan is part of China.

In fact, the premise of UN Resolution 2758 is to recognize that Taiwan is an inseparable part of China. Based on this, since the resolution recognizes the government of the People’s Republic of China as the sole legitimate representative of China in the United Nations, it means that all Chinese territories, including Taiwan, should be represented by the PRC. There is a specific legal basis for this, as the United Nations was established after World War II and its legal sources come from various agreements and treaties established by several victorious countries after the war.

At the end of World War II, the Potsdam Declaration clearly stated that Japan, as an aggressor, should fully return the territories it occupied in China, including Taiwan. This actually confirms, from the perspective of international law, the fact that Taiwan is part of China. The United Nations was established on the basis of a series of international agreements, including the Potsdam Declaration and the Cairo Declaration, and therefore, naturally acknowledges that Taiwan is part of China.

The US House Foreign Affairs Committee’s erroneous interpretation of UN Resolution 2758 is actually an attempt to divide mainland China and Taiwan into two parts from the perspective of supporting “Taiwan independence“, which seriously damages China’s sovereignty and will be strongly opposed by China. In fact, from the perspective of international law, the so-called resolution passed by the US House Foreign Affairs Committee has no binding force on the international community and can only represent the attitude of the US, not the existing recognition of the UN and the international community as a whole.

Last August, when US House Speaker Pelosi visited Taiwan despite China’s strong opposition, Stéphane Dujarric, the spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, was asked about the issue and stated that the UN’s policy on the Taiwan issue is to “adhere to UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 on ‘One China’ adopted in 1971.” This actually opposes the US House Foreign Affairs Committee’s resolution from the UN’s perspective and represents the consensus of the international community that Taiwan is an inseparable part of China.

The recent moves of the US government, such as the passage of the so-called resolution by the US House Foreign Affairs Committee and the announcement by US Defense Secretary Austin that the US will soon provide “additional significant security assistance to Taiwan,” are actually interference in China’s internal affairs and an attempt to prevent China’s reunification by arming “Taiwan independence” forces. Although there have been signs of improvement in US-China relations recently if the US continues to take risks on the Taiwan issue involving China’s core interests and gradually eroding and damaging China’s interests, the improvement in bilateral relations will only be empty talk. The fact is that the two sides are increasingly heading towards confrontation and even conflict.

From this perspective, the US government’s provocation of the Taiwan issue and its two-faced policy towards China’s contacts and dialogue perfectly reflect the hypocrisy of US policy towards China. From China’s perspective, no matter how much the US says, whether it is sincerely seeking cooperation with China in the economy, we cannot have any hope for the US on the Taiwan issue.