Foreign Ministry website message on the 29th, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson answered questions from reporters on the Philippines' tolerance of the Taiwan authorities' foreign affairs department head's visit to the Philippines.
Question: According to reports, the head of the Taiwan region's foreign affairs department recently visited the Philippines in his capacity as a so-called foundation representative, met with individual Philippine officials, and participated in economic and trade activities. What is China's comment on this?
Answer: The Philippines tolerated Lin Jialong's visit under the pretense of being a so-called foundation representative, providing a stage for "Taiwan independence" separatist forces to engage in anti-China activities. This seriously violates the basic principles of international relations and the commitments made by the Philippine side on the Taiwan issue. Recently, the Philippine side has taken a series of erroneous and provocative statements on the Taiwan issue, continuously diluting and eroding the one-China principle, continuously damaging Sino-Philippine relations, once again exposing the bad quality of the Philippine government's broken promises. China firmly opposes this and has made serious representations and strong protests to the Philippine side in Beijing and Manila.
Taiwan is an inseparable part of China's territory. The Taiwan issue is China's internal affair. China urges the Philippine side to abide by the one-China principle and the spirit of the Sino-Philippine establishment of diplomatic relations communiqué, to turn back and correct its ways, not to play with fire on issues concerning China's core interests, to stop sending any wrong signals to the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, and not to underestimate the firm will of the Chinese people to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Philippine side's act of stepping on China's red line will inevitably pay a price, and all consequences arising therefrom must be borne by the Philippine side.
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