China Tuesday urged the United States to stop elevating its
relationship with Taiwan to avoid dampening bilateral relations and
damaging mutual interests.
"Once again we urge the US side to realize the importance and
sensitivity of the Taiwan question, scrupulously abide by its
commitments, correct its mistakes and stop actions that advance
US-Taiwan relations,'' said Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong
Quan.
He
was responding to reports that the American Institute in Taiwan had
invited several important Taiwanese political figures to its
American Independence Day reception, which was held on July 3.
The spokesman said China had made solemn representations over this
issue to the United States.
"Such action by the American Institute in Taiwan is inconsistent
with its status and functions of a non-governmental organization,''
said Kong.
"It constitutes an obvious violation against the three joint
communiquis between China and the US and related commitments made
by the US.''
In
addition, a yearbook on China's diplomacy and the international
situation in 2002 was published recently, according to Kong
Quan.
The book, systematically enunciating Chinese government's foreign
policy, stances on the international situation and important
international events, is to help Chinese and foreign people fully
understand China's foreign affairs.
(Sources from China Daily and Xinhua News Agency, July 9, 2003)