China Tells US to Abide by One-China Principle After Taiwan Troop Report


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Responding to a report that said US special forces and Marines have been deployed in Taiwan over the past year, China urged the US to abide by the one-China principle that was agreed to when Washington opened up diplomatic ties with Beijing in 1979. “The one-China principle is the political foundation of China-US relations,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a press conference . Zhao explained that under the agreement that normalized US-China relations, Washington agreed to withdraw troops from Taiwan and end its mutual defense treaty with the island. Known as the Joint Communiqué on the Establishment...