Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Monday, April 08, 2002
FM Spokeswoman: US Has Clarified its Stance on Taiwan Issue
The U.S. side has said that it was an oral mistake that the U.S. President George W. Bush called Taiwan as "country" and "republic" in his recent speech. The U.S. stance on Taiwan issue has not changed.
The U.S. side has said that it was an oral mistake that the U.S. President George W. Bush called Taiwan as "country" and "republic" in his recent speech. The U.S. stance on Taiwan issue has not changed.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue made the remarks Sunday, saying that the U.S. side has officially clarified its stance on Taiwan issue to China.
Zhang said the U.S. side also expressed that the way they called Taiwan will no more be used. They also stressed that the U. S. government has not changed its stand of observing the one-China policy and the three Sino-U.S. joint communiques.