Zhao Lijian, spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry
China has always been firmly opposed to official exchanges between the US and the island of Taiwan and has lodged solemn representations with the US side on the relevant situation, said the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday in response to the US health secretary Alex Azar 's visit to Taiwan.
"I would like to stress once again that the Taiwan question is the most important and sensitive issue in China-US relations and that one-China principle is the political foundation of this relationship. The US' act has seriously violated its commitment on the Taiwan question," said Zhao Lijian, spokesperson of the ministry.
China urges the US to abide by the one-China principle and the provisions of the three China-US joint communiqués, stop conducting official exchanges and contacts in any form with Taiwan and stop promoting substantive relations with the island, he said
US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar met with the current leader of Taiwan island, Tsai Ing-wen, on Monday during his three-day visit to the island, the highest level visit by a US official in more than four decades since 1979, when China and the US established diplomatic ties.
China urges the US to properly handle Taiwan-related questions with prudence so as to avoid causing serious damage to China-US cooperation in important areas or to peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, said Zhao.