China has not changed its policy of peaceful reunification with Taiwan despite US arms sales to Taipei and apparent adjustments by Washington to its long-standing Taiwan policy of "strategic ambiguity," Chinese officials said today.
"The Chinese government's fundamental policy of 'peaceful reunification, one country-two systems' on resolving the Taiwan issue has not changed," a foreign ministry spokesman said.
However, the state-run Xinhua news agency said in a commentary that Taiwan must accept the blame for simmering tensions with China.
It said the only way a deadlock in cross-straits relations could be broken was by Taipei accepting the "One China" principle.
"It is the Taiwan authorities' refusal to accept the One China principle that has destabilized the situation inside the island and created tensions between the two sides, resulting in growing symptoms of foreign interference in China's internal affairs," Xinhua said.
"The Taiwan authorities should take the full responsibility for the deadlock in the current cross-straits relations.Only by doing so can the cross-straits relations be improved and can there be hope for Taiwan to step out of its current plight."
The foreign ministry spokesman said that in order to avoid further damage to SinoUS relations "the US side should ... stop selling arms to Taiwan and stop using the Taiwan issue to interfere in China's internal affairs".
AFP