China News Service: It’s reported that on November 24, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko told TASS in an interview that “Naturally, the issue of Taiwan is in the exclusive competence of our Chinese colleagues. However, we see that Washington, in violation of the one-China principle, is strengthening military-political contacts with Taipei under the slogan of maintaining the ‘status quo’, and increasing arms supplies. The goal of such obvious US interference in the region’s affairs is to provoke China and generate a crisis in Asia to suit its own selfish interests.” What’s China’s comment?
Mao Ning: We noted the reports. The one-China principle is a prevailing international consensus and a basic norm governing international relations. China highly commends Russia’s just position of staying committed to the one-China principle and opposing the attempt of using Taiwan to contain China.
