December 28, 2023

China expresses strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to the negative provisions related to China in the US' National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. These clauses extensively manipulate the Taiwan question, advocate for strategic competition with China, exaggerate the "China threat," push for "de-risking" in key areas related to China and brazenly interfere in China's internal affairs, China's Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) said on Wednesday.

In regards to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 passed and signed into law by the US, Xu Dong, spokesperson of China's Foreign Affairs Committee of the NPC, said on Wednesday that the act severely undermines China's interests of sovereignty security and development and seriously violates the consensus reached at the China-US San Francisco summit.

China's Constitution clearly stipulates that "Taiwan is part of the sacred territory of the People's Republic of China. It is the inviolable duty of all Chinese people, including our compatriots in Taiwan, to accomplish the great task of reunifying the motherland." Any attempt to separate Taiwan island from China goes against the national interest of China, which the Chinese people will never accept, Xu said.

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