CCTV: On July 12, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a decision on its website to take countermeasures against six US military companies and five senior executives. Do you have any further comment?

Lin Jian: The US arms sale to China’s Taiwan region seriously violates the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiqués, especially the August 17 Communiqué of 1982, interferes in China’s internal affairs, and undermines China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. In accordance with the law, China is taking countermeasures on principal US contractors that have recently sold arms to Taiwan and their senior executives, and on military companies that have engaged in US arms sales to Taiwan or attended the Taiwan-US Defense Business Forum in Taiwan in recent years.

Let me stress that the Taiwan question is at the core of China’s core interests, and the first red line that cannot be crossed in China-US relations. No country, organization or individual shall underestimate the strong determination, will and ability of the Chinese government and people to defend our sovereignty and territorial integrity, or be under the illusion that they could tread or even cross the line on the Taiwan question without any consequence.


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