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China\u2019s ambassador to Australia has justified his country\u2019s missile bombardment of the waters around Taiwan by declaring that the United States \u2018fired the first shot\u2019 in allowing House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to visit the island.<\/p>\n

Addressing the National Press Club in Canberra, Ambassador Xiao Qian said China had asked Australia to understand and support Beijing\u2019s one-China policy.<\/p>\n

He said that after the foreign ministers of Australia, the US and Japan condemned China\u2019s use of missiles in Japan\u2019s exclusive economic zone, a Chinese embassy spokesperson in turn expressed her country\u2019s condemnation of the three nations\u2019 statement.<\/p>\n

\u2018And we used the word \u201ccondemnation\u201d because number one, it was the US side who fired the first shot. They\u2019re the ones who violated the one-China principle,\u2019 Xiao said. \u2018They say they are committed to one-China principle in words, but actually are doing something just the opposite.\u2019 They provoked it, he said. \u2018We’re the ones who reacted for defence, to protect our territorial sovereignty and integrity.\u2019<\/p>\n

Earlier in his speech, Xiao read out Australia\u2019s own one-China policy, which, like that of the US, acknowledges China\u2019s claim to Taiwan but does not accept it.<\/p>\n

Asked how long China\u2019s military drills around Taiwan would continue, Xiao said his country was sending a clear message to those who backed an independent Taiwan.<\/p>\n

The critical point, he said, was that if every country put the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s one-China policy into practice, peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait would be guaranteed.<\/p>\n

Pelosi\u2019s visit to Taiwan was a violation of the US commitment to the policy and caused the escalation of tension across the Taiwan Strait, he said. \u2018The Chinese side is taking action in reaction to what has been done by the US side.\u2019<\/p>\n

The purpose was to warn those who supported having \u2018one China, one Taiwan\u2019 or two Chinas and who were trying to break Taiwan from China. \u2018The reaction is legitimate; it\u2019s justified and there\u2019s no reason for a reapproach.\u2019<\/p>\n

The ambassador said China was determined to show that on the question of Taiwan, there was no room for compromise. \u2018It\u2019s not something like economic development or trade relations or issues in some other areas. On the question of Taiwan, it\u2019s an issue relating to sovereignty and territorial integrity. There\u2019s no room for us to compromise.<\/p>\n

\u2018And how long it’s going to last?\u2019 asked Xiao rhetorically. \u2018A proper time; I think there will be an announcement.\u2019<\/p>\n

Asked why the 23 million people in Taiwan should not decide on their future, having seen what\u2019s happened in Hong Hong, Xiao said the process in Hong Kong had generally been successful\u2014but with problems. \u2018There are some loopholes in this process and by taking necessary measures at the national constitution level, we solved the problem and we have full confidence that the future of Hong Kong will be even a brighter.\u2019<\/p>\n

On the wishes of the Taiwanese people, Xiao said bluntly that \u2018Taiwan is part of China\u2019 and the Chinese people were determined to protect that. \u2018The future of Taiwan will be decided by 1.4 billion Chinese people.\u2019<\/p>\n

Xiao said most people in Taiwan believed that they were Chinese and that Taiwan was a province of China. \u2018They are for reunion. We do have a group of people, or a handful of people perhaps, that are seeking for Taiwan independence movement, gradual independence.\u2019<\/p>\n

Those claims, however, do not reflect the prevailing sentiment in Taiwan. Numerous polls of Taiwanese have shown increasingly strong support for maintenance of the status quo or independence.<\/p>\n

Asked if China planned to \u2018re-educate\u2019 the 23 million Taiwanese if it took over the island, Xiao said he hadn\u2019t read about such a policy, but then indicated that something along those lines was likely. \u2018I think my personal understanding is that once Taiwan is reunited, coming back to the motherland, there might be process for the people in Taiwan to have a correct understanding of China about the motherland.\u2019<\/p>\n

So, would that be along the lines of camps for Uyghurs in Xinjiang? Xiao responded: \u2018The people in Xinjiang are also Chinese citizens and they recently [received] education in school, in colleges, in university, in China about their motherland. That\u2019s pretty normal.\u2019 The US and other countries have described the situation in Xinjiang as genocide.<\/p>\n

On China\u2019s effective occupation of the South China Sea, its creation and fortification of islands there, and its dangerous interception of an Australian patrol aircraft, Xiao said China and some other countries claimed certain areas and territories in the South China Sea. China had taken necessary measures \u2018to protect the security of the areas which belong to us\u2019. The ambassador said China\u2019s claims were \u2018inherited\u2019 by the CCP from the Republic of China in the wake of the civil war and it had no room to deviate from them.<\/p>\n

Xiao said that what he called \u2018the aircraft incident\u2019 was very unfortunate and he compared Australia\u2019s patrol over the South China Sea to an armed home invasion.<\/p>\n

\u2018You’re in your house, within your compound, somebody is driving around, carrying a gun and trying to peep into your windows see what you\u2019re doing, with your family, and what you\u2019re talking about between your family members. You would feel threatened and feel uncomfortable. So, you have to come out and tell those people to keep distance, at least.\u2019<\/p>\n

It happened within the territorial space of an island that belonged to China, he said. That is disputed by the Australian government, however.<\/p>\n

The ambassador laid much of the blame for the deterioration in Australia\u2013China relations on the Australian media, saying its coverage was mostly negative and \u2018harming the friendship between our two peoples\u2019.<\/p>\n

Xiao said China\u2019s economic measures against Australian imports were not sanctions. Chinese consumers liked Australian products and \u2018more positive\u2019 actions by Australia might persuade them to return to them.<\/p>\n

He said China did not intend setting up a military base in Solomon Islands.<\/p>\n

And would China release journalist and Australian citizen Cheng Lei? Xiao said there were a \u2018couple of Australian citizens in China that are under custody according to Chinese rules and laws. Their basic rights are well protected, don\u2019t worry about that.\u2019<\/p>\n

He said that during the severe periods of the pandemic, there were times when they were not accessible to their relatives or diplomats from Australia. \u2018Now it\u2019s easy to get access to their relatives either in Australia or the Australian embassy in China. The cases are still under jurisdiction process and we want to sort it out according to Chinese rule and the law.\u2019<\/p>\n

Despite a succession of uncompromising messages, Xiao stressed that he was a new ambassador out to reset the Australia\u2013China relationship after what he called a difficult period. That had got off to a good start, he said. But there was more to be done.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m here to seek friends, not rivals or adversaries or even enemies.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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