At the January 14 press conference of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, a reporter asked: U.S. President Donald Trump recently said in an interview with The New York Times that China believes Taiwan is part of China’s territory and that how the Taiwan question is handled is for China to decide, which has drawn attention on the island. Some public opinion in Taiwan says that the United States has once again made clear a position of “abandoning Taiwan.” What is your comment?
TAO spokesperson Zhu Fenglian responded that there is only one China in the world and Taiwan is part of China. The Taiwan question is China’s internal affair. Resolving the Taiwan question is a matter for the Chinese people themselves, and China will resolutely safeguard national sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.