BEIJING, Feb. 29 -- Seeking independence by force will lead nowhere. It will only push Taiwan towards an extremely dangerous situation of war, said a Chinese defense spokesperson at a regular press conference on Thursday.
Senior Colonel Zhang Xiaogang, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks when asked to remark on the DPP authorities’ purchase of US weapons.
According to media report, Taiwan will spend NT$ 13.37 billion from its multi-year budget to purchase 500 "Stinger" air defense missiles. When meeting with personnel from the US Hudson Institute, Lai Ching-te claimed that the US government continued to promote the normalization of arms sales to Taiwan, allowing the island to enhance its self defense capabilities, and Taiwan would bolster its asymmetric warfare capabilities.
“First I want to point out that no matter how many weapons the DPP buys with the hard-earned money of the taxpayers in Taiwan, it can never change the basic fact that Taiwan is China's Taiwan, let alone stopping the overwhelming trend towards national reunification,” said Spokesperson Zhang.
He pointed out that, the US side has repeatedly violated the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiqués, especially the August 17th Communiqué, and violated its political commitment to China on the Taiwan question by continuing its arms sales to Taiwan and strengthening military collusion with Taiwan. These acts have seriously undermined China's sovereignty and security, emboldened the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, and harmed peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
“The Chinese PLA will take all necessary measures to resolutely smash any ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist plot, and firmly safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait,” stressed the spokesperson.
记者：据报道，台湾将编列133.7亿元新台币跨年度预算，向美采购500枚“毒刺”导弹。赖清德近日与美国“哈德逊研究所”人员交流时宣称，美政府推动对台军售常态化，协助台提升自我防卫力量，台将持续强化不对称战力。请问对此有何评论？
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美方一再违反一个中国原则和中美三个联合公报，特别是“八一七公报”规定，违背在台湾问题上作出的政治承诺，不断对台售武，加强美台军事勾连，严重侵害中国主权安全，助长“台独”气焰，破坏台海和平稳定。中国人民解放军将采取一切必要措施，坚决粉碎任何形式的“台独”分裂图谋，坚决捍卫国家主权和领土完整，坚定维护台海地区和平稳定。
