China strongly opposes the anti-China US Defense Authorization Act, said Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue here Thursday afternoon.
The 2002 Fiscal Year Defense Authorization Act, which was passed recently by the US Senate and House of Representatives, contains many anti-China clauses including selling Kidd-class destroyers to Taiwan, Zhang said.
Zhang said that China is opposed to US arms sales to Taiwan, including selling Kidd-class destroyers.
She noted that the US Congress, in disregard of China's repeated representations on the matter, passed the 2002 Fiscal Year Defense Authorization Act.
This violates the One-China policy and principles of the three Sino-US joint communiqués, and is blatant interference in China's internal affairs, she said.
She urged the US to correct its mistake, stop selling arms to Taiwan and avoid any acts or words that interfere in China's internal affairs and thus damage Sino-US relations.
(Xinhua News Agency December 20, 2001)
