China strongly deplores and firmly opposes the recent remarks made by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, which were steeped in the Cold-War mentality and full of lies and false accusations, and has lodged serious protests with the U.S. side, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, News.Az reports citing Xinhua.
Spokesperson Lin Jian made the remarks at a daily press briefing in response to a query about the remarks made by Rubio, who blamed China on issues of Taiwan, economy and trade, COVID-19 and Indo-Pacific affairs during a recent interview with a U.S. media outlet.
There is but one China in the world, Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, and the government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China -- this is the real status quo in the Taiwan Strait, Lin said.
Noting that the Taiwan question is the most crucial, sensitive and explosive question in China-U.S. relations, Lin said that if the United States does not hope to trigger confrontation, it must stop crossing or trampling on the red line of the Taiwan question.
Lin said that trade and tariff wars have no winner. The U.S.'s attempts to politicize and weaponize trade and economic issues, levy tariff hikes on Chinese imports under the pretext of fentanyl, and create blocks to its normal trade, investment and economic cooperation with China will only harm its own economic interests and international credibility.
Lin added that China stands...
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