A reporter asked on December 19 about the signing into law of the U.S. “Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act,” which includes provisions allocating US$1 billion for the “Taiwan Security Cooperation Initiative” and other Taiwan-related items. What is your comment on this?
Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, responded that the U.S. has inserted erroneous Taiwan-related content into the “FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act,” attempting to further “arm Taiwan,” interfere in China’s internal affairs, and send a seriously wrong signal to “Taiwan independence” separatist forces. We are strongly dissatisfied with this and firmly oppose it.
We demand that the U.S. abide by the one-China principle and the stipulations of the three China-U.S. Joint Communiqués, refrain from implementing the Act’s Taiwan-related provisions and eliminate the negative impact, and handle the Taiwan question with utmost prudence. We sternly warn the DPP authorities that no matter how they attempt to “rely on the U.S. to seek independence,” they cannot change the fact that Taiwan is part of China, cannot change the doomed fate of “Taiwan independence,” and cannot stop the historical trend toward China’s inevitable reunification.