Overseas Chinese flay US speaker’s Taiwan visit

Community in Lahore terms move violation of sovereignty and territorial integrity

LAHORE:

The Lahore Overseas Chinese Association (LOCA) has condemned a visit of United States House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan.

The LOCA office-bearers jointly declared at a denunciation event held on Monday that Pelosi's move to visit Taiwan, China, is a serious violation of China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity, serious damage to the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait, and a threat to regional and world peace.

The association's president Luo Jianxue said the speaker of the US House of Representatives had disregarded China's solemn representations and firm opposition, and insisted on visiting Taiwan, China on August 2, seriously undermining the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait. It is a serious violation of the one-China principle and the Sino-US joint communiqués, and a serious violation of international law and basic norms governing international relations.

LOCA vice president Chi Riming pointed out that the Chinese nationals living overseas and the people of the whole country have a consistent position on the Taiwan issue, adding that the US leader's move had seriously hurt the feelings of all Chinese sons and daughters in the world.

The association's deputy secretary general Gao Sujing emphasised that resolutely safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity is the firm will of the more than 1.4 billion people in the country and overseas Chinese. "Overseas Chinese firmly support all countermeasures taken by China. We firmly oppose any conspiracy attempt to obstruct China's reunification and great national rejuvenation."

Lahore China-Pakistan Hospital Director Cai Guosen said, "The great cause of the reunification of the motherland is an irreversible historical inevitability, and it is the common aspiration and firm will of all Chinese sons and daughters."

Zeng Qingqiang said Taiwan has been China's territory since ancient times, and it is an inalienable part of China's territory. Any conspiracy to split Taiwan will eventually be judged by history.

Wu Konghui opposed external forces' interference in China's internal affairs, and firmly supported elimination of conspiratorial forces opposed to reunification at home and abroad.

Cao Yongjun said overseas Chinese are unswerving in their determination to defend China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity. "We will continue to unite overseas Chinese with practical actions to promote the complete reunification of the motherland at an early date."

Weng Yong, an overseas Chinese from Hong Kong, said the community was always ready to contribute to achieving complete reunification of the motherland.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 9^th, 2022.