Q: It is reported that the Defense Security Cooperation Agency under the US Ministry of Defense has recently announced that the United States plans to sell ultra-frequency long-range early warning radar system to Taiwan.  How do you comment on that?

A: We are strongly dissatisfied with and opposed to the US decision of selling the long-range early warning radar system to Taiwan.

This act seriously breaches the principles of the Three Joint Communiqués, and in particular, the 8.17 Communiqué and sends a wrong signal to the Taiwan independent forces.  Such an act would only aggravate tensions in the Taiwan Straits and undermine shared interests of the two countries.

The question of Taiwan remains as the most important and sensitive issue at the core of the China-US relations.  As this question bears on China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, we will allow no external forces to take actions that might damage the core interest of China.  We strongly urge the United States to cancel its wrong decisions, so as not to endanger peace and stability in areas across the Taiwan Straits and preserve the China-US cooperation.