On Friday, China’s Foreign Ministry said that, China will strike back against any moves that undermine its core interests, after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Taiwan has not been a part of China.
Speaking in Beijing, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Taiwan was an inalienable part of China and that Pompeo was further damaging Sino-US ties.
He said: “We solemnly tell Pompeo and his ilk, that any behaviour that undermines China’s core interests and interferes with China’s domestic affairs will be met with a resolute counterattack by China.”
Speaking in a US radio interview on Thursday, Pompeo said: Taiwan has not been a part of China.
He said: “That was recognised with the work that the Reagan administration did to lay out the policies that the United States has adhered to now for three-and-a-half decades.”
Taiwan foreign ministry spokeswoman, Joanne Ou, thanked Pompeo for his support.
She said: “The Republic of China on Taiwan is a sovereign, independent country, and not part of the People’s Republic of China. This is a fact and the current situation.”
