China on Wednesday warned of resolute countermeasures against a potential meeting between Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.

“Should the meeting take place during the Taiwan leader’s so-called “transit” through the US, it will be another provocation that seriously violates the one-China principle, undermines China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and damages peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait,” Zhu Fenglian, a spokeswoman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, was quoted as saying at a press conference in Beijing.

“We firmly oppose this and will resolutely respond with countermeasures,” said Zhu. She also said the so-called “transit” is in essence a provocation and will constitute incidents that violate the one-China principle, adding that Tsai plans to find opportunities to peddle the idea of “Taiwan independence” internationally and seek support from anti-China forces in the US.

In addition, Zhu urged the US side to strictly abide by the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques, refrain from arranging Tsai’s “transit” visit or official contact with U.S. officials, and take concrete actions to honor its commitment to not supporting “Taiwan independence.” China and Taiwan separated after a civil war in 1949, but Beijing continued to see the island as its territory.

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