China stated Sunday it “strongly deplored” an announcement by the United States on the Taiwan election, after Washington congratulated independence-leaning Lai Ching-te on his victory within the self-ruled island’s presidential ballot.
Lai triumphed over his nearest rival Hou Yu-ih of the Kuomintang on Saturday by greater than 900,000 votes, rounding off an election marketing campaign marked by diplomatic strain from Beijing and near-daily incursions by Chinese fighter jets.
China views Taiwan as a part of its territory and has not dominated out utilizing drive to grab the island at some point.
The US State Department on Saturday congratulated Lai on his victory and hailed the folks of Taiwan “for as soon as once more demonstrating the power of their sturdy democratic system and electoral course of”.
On Sunday, a spokesperson for Beijing’s international ministry stated the US assertion “sends a gravely flawed sign to the ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces”.
“We strongly deplore and firmly oppose this, and have made critical representations to the US facet,” the spokesperson stated.
They added that Washington’s assertion “severely violates the one-China precept” in addition to its pledge to solely keep unofficial ties with Taiwan.
“We urge the US to cease its official interplay with Taiwan and cease sending any flawed sign to the separatist forces for ‘Taiwan independence,'” the spokesperson stated.
They didn’t point out the unofficial post-election go to of a US delegation to Taiwan introduced Sunday by Washington’s de-facto embassy on the island.