Observer.com news, At the regular press conference of the US State Department , spokesperson Price was asked about the US "one China policy". When he answered, he kept evasive and said nothing about it, and refused to answer related questions positively.
It is understood that the reporter who started asking the question was Associated Press senior reporter Matthew Lee. The question he raised was very clear, saying that he wanted to determine whether he understood it correctly: the United States' "one China policy" means that Taiwan is part of China's territory, and the United States respects China's territorial integrity and sovereignty over Taiwan? If you answer the question
positively, it is not difficult. Price can directly tell the reporter that his understanding is right or wrong. But Price did not answer this way, but said that over the past 40 years, the United States' "one-China policy" has not changed, and he also specifically emphasized that "no change".
This is completely an answer to the question. What the reporter wants to know is what the "one China policy" in the United States is, and Price did not answer this question at all.
In order to avoid Price continuing to be careless, the reporter asked a more direct question, how does the US's "one China policy" express China's territorial integrity? Price started to talk again, saying that the United States' "one-China policy" has not changed. This is the United States' "very clear position" in public and also the "very clear position" when Secretary of State Blinken met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
said "very clear" in his mouth, but in fact he was still evading the problem. Then another reporter continued to ask whether Pride's answer was that the United States recognized Taiwan as part of Chinese territory? Price's response was still the same car words.
From Price's response, we can see that he never mentioned that Taiwan is part of China, but he was constantly emphasizing that the United States' "one China policy" has never changed. The purpose of doing this is very clear, which is to fundamentally change the United States' definition of "one China policy".
Price kept saying that the United States’ “one China policy” has not changed, and it refers to the three joint communiqués of between China and the United States.
The three joint communiqués are the " Shanghai Communiqué " signed in 1972, the " Sino-US diplomatic relations establishment communiqué " signed in 1978, and the " August 17 Communiqué " signed in 1982. The three joint communiqués of
all focus on the Taiwan issue. China and the United States can establish diplomatic relations and achieve normalization of relations is precisely because the United States has clarified its position on the Taiwan issue and withdrawn troops from Taiwan. Therefore, Taiwan issue is the basis of China-US diplomatic relations and the foundation of Sino-US relations.
In the "China-US diplomatic relations Bulletin", the Taiwan issue has a clear written definition: the United States government recognizes China's position, and there is only one China, and Taiwan is part of China.
In the Shanghai Communiqué, the US side clearly stated: The United States recognizes that all Chinese people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait believe that there is only one China and that Taiwan is part of China. The United States has no objection to this position and has confirmed the withdrawal of troops from the Taiwan Strait.
Press’s “one China policy” that “has not changed in 40 years” refers to the August 17 Communiqué. In the communiqué, China and the United States reiterated the principles in the Shanghai Communiqué and the August 17 Communiqué. The United States also stated that it had no intention of infringing on China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, had no intention of interfering in China's internal affairs, and had no intention of implementing the "two Chinas" or "one China and one Taiwan".
These three joint communiqués are the basis of Sino-US relations. The US side clearly stated in all three communiqués that it recognizes that there is only one China and that Taiwan is part of China.
If Biden authorities still adhere to the "one China policy" based on this, Price can clearly tell reporters that the United States recognizes Taiwan as part of China.
From the questions asked by American reporters, they all know what the "one China policy" is, and the US authorities are now intending to blur, not only blurring their own positions, but also trying to blur the United States' historical commitments. This is undoubtedly a false signal to the "Taiwan independence" diehards.However, this trick cannot change the fact that Taiwan belongs to China. Any act that prevents China from achieving unity will be crushed by the wheel of history.
