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Clear stance

Stressing that the Taiwan question concerns China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, Yang said during the meeting that in the three Sino-US joint communiqués, the US side explicitly recognized that there is only one China and that the one-China principle is the premise for establishing diplomatic relations between China and the US as well as the political foundation of their relations.

The current US administration has pledged to adhere to the one-China principle and not to support "Taiwan independence" in regard to the Taiwan question, but its actions are obviously inconsistent with its statements, he said.

Asked about the Yang-Sullivan meeting, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told a routine press conference on Tuesday that China demands the US to clearly recognize the high level of sensitivity of the Taiwan question, adhere to the one-China principle and avoid going down on the wrong path.

The Taiwan question is China's core interests and concern, therefore we must emphasize this point to the US at such a time. It also shows that China has been very unsatisfied with the Biden administration's stance toward the Taiwan question, Wu noted.

"As the Biden administration has not changed its fundamental mindset of dealing with China and its diplomacy is controlled by hawks toward China, I hardly see any significant improvements in China-US relations," he said, noting that a major issue now is about the credibility of the US government.

Experts believe that Washington's efforts to use the Ukraine crisis to demonize the image of China or impede the process of China's reunification process would only end up in vain.

"No matter how much the US attempts to bluff public opinion or threaten potential sanctions [on China], it won't have any impact on the core interests of China," Lü said, noting that if the reunification needs to be done by force given the escalation of the situation, China will finalize it without hesitation.