Beijing accuses US of ‘sabotaging’ Taiwan Strait peace and warns EU it is putting good relations at risk

Foreign Minister Wang Yi responds to Washington’s call to give Taiwan greater UN role by saying it has no international status except as part of China

Beijing also hits back at Brussels after EU leaders criticise its ‘unjustified’ attacks on Lithuania over its relations with Taipei

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Tensions have been rising in the Taiwan Strait as the mainland seeks to up the militry pressure on the island. Photo: AP

Published: 6:28pm, 30 Oct 2021Updated: 11:11pm, 30 Oct 2021

China has hit out at senior American and European Union officials for their latest displays of support for Taiwan.

In his first comments on Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s call for the island to play a greater role in the United Nations, Foreign Minister Wang accused the United States of “sabotaging peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait” and said: “Taiwan has no other status under international law other than being a part of China.”

Speaking ahead of the Group of 20 summit in Rome, he insisted that the question of Taiwan’s participation in the UN had been settled 50 years ago when the People’s Republic took China’s seat.

According to a statement published on the foreign ministry’s website on Saturday, Wang said resolution 2758, which approved the change, “has completely resolved China’s representation in the UN and international institutions politically, legally and procedurally”.

He said “the peaceful reunification of the motherland is unstoppable” and declared that “Taiwan has no future prospect other than reunification with the mainland.”

“[The US] failed 50 years ago to stop the one-China principle and they are even less likely to succeed today in the 21st century,” Wang continued, adding that the US and its allies will “definitely pay the price” for their attempts to “wilfully” play the Taiwan card against Beijing.

Tensions have risen in recent weeks, as Beijing ratcheted up military pressure on the island amid signs of warming ties between Taiwan under President Tsai Ing-wen and the US and other Western countries.

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Beijing accuses US of ‘sabotaging’ Taiwan Strait peace and warns EU it is putting good relations at risk

Foreign Minister Wang Yi responds to Washington’s call to give Taiwan greater UN role by saying it has no international status except as part of China Beijing also hits back at Brussels after EU leaders criticise its ‘unjustified’ attacks on Lithuania over its relations with Taipei

Foreign Minister Wang Yi responds to Washington’s call to give Taiwan greater UN role by saying it has no international status except as part of China

Beijing also hits back at Brussels after EU leaders criticise its ‘unjustified’ attacks on Lithuania over its relations with Taipei