‘NOT JOKING’: Cross-strait ties are none of the US’ business and do not need to rely on the mediation of any other nation, Li Kexin of the Chinese embassy in the US said
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 10, 2017
By: Nadia Tsao and Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter in WASHINGTON, with staff writer
The day US Navy vessels arrive in Kaohsiung would be the day the Chinese People’s
Li Kexin, minister at the Chinese embassy in the US, speaks at an embassy event in Washington yesterday. Photo: Nadia Tsao, Taipei Times
Liberation Army “unifies” Taiwan by force, said Li Kexin (李克新), minister at the Chinese embassy in the US.
Li made the remarks on Friday at an explanatory session at the Chinese embassy in Washington about the Chinese Communist Party’s 19th National Congress and US President Donald Trump’s visit to China last month.
The Taiwan issue is still a challenge to US-China relations, Li said, adding that the US’ National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed by the US Congress — which enables mutual visits between Taiwanese and US naval vessels — violates the basic spirit of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the US and China.
As of Nov. 16, the NDAA for next fiscal year has been passed by both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate, and is awaiting Trump’s signature to become law.
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