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China opposes official exchanges between US and China's Taiwan region: FM responds to Taiwan-related bill

Global Times

By Zhao Yusha Published: Dec 03, 2025 04:29 PM

China firmly opposes official exchanges between the US and China's Taiwan region in any form, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Wednesday when asked about China's response to US President Donald Trump's signing into law a bill that calls on the Department of State to regularly review US-Taiwanese relations and look for ways to deepen the US and Taiwan relationship.

Trump on Tuesday signed into law a measure forcing the US State Department to review guidelines for the country's engagement with island of Taiwan, according to the White House.

The measure requires periodic State Department reviews to explain how the guidelines deepen the relationship between the two. The assessments, required at least every five years, also must identify and detail opportunities to lift self-imposed limitations on Washington's engagement with island of Taiwan.

The Taiwan question is at the core of China's core interests and is the first red line that must not be crossed in China-US relations, said Lin, adding that the one-China principle is the political foundation of China-US relations.

The US government made a clear commitment in the China-US Joint Communique on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations—"The United States of America recognizes the Government of the People's Republic of China as the sole legal Government of China. Within this context, the people of the United States will maintain cultural, commercial, and other unofficial relations with the people of Taiwan," Lin added.

China urges the US to earnestly abide by the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques, approach the Taiwan question with extra prudence, stop US-Taiwan official exchanges, and stop sending any wrong signal to "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, the spokesperson said.

The bipartisan act was jointly introduced in February and passed the US House of Representatives in May. Then it was passed by the US Senate on November 18, according to media from island of Taiwan.

After the House of Representatives passed the bill in May, Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said that we urge the US side to abide by the one-China principle and the provisions of the three China-US joint communiques, stop concocting erroneous Taiwan-related bills, and stop sending any wrong signal that condone or support "Taiwan independence" separatist forces.

Any attempt to play the "Taiwan card" or pursue a strategy of "using Taiwan to contain China" is doomed to fail, said Chen.

A defining feature of Washington's policy on Taiwan question is its reliance on domestic law, even when those laws run counter to international legal principles. International agreements — including the Cairo Declaration, the Potsdam Proclamation and Japan's Instrument of Surrender — clearly established that Taiwan is part of China. Yet US legislation has increasingly moved in the opposite direction, Lü Xiang, a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, told the Global Times.

In fact, the US is widely seen as fully aware that Taiwan is part of China, while Congress, by contrast, has repeatedly muddied the waters and provoked friction, he said.

The US has long used "strategic ambiguity" on the Taiwan question, not to reduce tensions but to manipulate uncertainty as a policy tool — a familiar feature of American diplomacy aimed at extracting advantage from it, Lü noted.

After the bill was signed, the DPP authorities issued a statement on Wednesday, saying that it welcomes the US move and will continue to deepen the partnership with the US across all fields, according to a statement published by local authority of island of Taiwan.

Lü said Washington is only willing to use secessionist forces on the island of Taiwan as a pawn to contain China, but is unlikely to pay a heavy price on their behalf by sacrificing US' own interest.