Shangri-La Dialogue: Chinese general hits out at US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin over Taiwan

Shangri-La Dialogue: Chinese general hits out at US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin over Taiwan

On Saturday( June 3 ), a senior Chinese general attacked United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and accused him of” seriously distorting the facts and truth” about Taiwan’s status.

Austin had attempted to” pull out of Beijing’s one-China principle ,” according to Lieutenant-General Jing Jianfeng, vice chief of the Central Military Commission, at the & nbsp, Shangri – La Dialogue & nBSP, in Singapore.

On the outside of the conference, Jing remarked that” the US’s comments on Taiwan are entirely false, ignore the facts, and distort the truth.”

Taiwan is a divine and unalienable area of Chinese territory, and there is only one China in the entire world.

The one-China theory, following, is a reflection of the general consensus in the global community.

Finally, completing the reconciliation of the motherland is the shared aspiration and sacred duty of all Chinese people, including our Taiwanese compatriots.

Jing claimed that the US had hollowed out the” one-China process ,” which is not US plan, by facilitating trade between US and Japanese officials, endorsing Taiwan’s separatist activities, and selling the country increasingly powerful weapons.

” It has often crossed the Taiwan Strait to bend muscles and prompted foreign nations to meddle in Taiwan.”