CGTN
Date: 25-Sep-2019

Beijing on Wednesday slammed the unilateral memo recently declassified by Washington, which "legitimates" U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.

The document stated then U.S. president Ronald Reagan's own version of the understanding towards the joint communique signed by the two sides on August 17, 1982, also known as the August 17 Communique.

"The content of the so-called memo has seriously violated the one-China principle and the regulations of three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiques," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang, adding that the document is "totally wrong and serves no means."

According to the spokesperson, Washington has explicitly promised in the bilateral communique that it will not seek a long-term policy to sell weapons to Taiwan and will gradually decrease the amount of weapons sales to Taiwan so as to settle the issue in the end.

Washington's decision to sell weapons to Taiwan has seriously damaged the relationship between China and the U.S.    [FULL  STORY]