The Taiwan Affairs Office Responds to Chiang Wan-an's Wife's Participation in APEC Activities

Spokesperson Zhu Fenglian of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said in Beijing on September 16 that Taiwan’s participation in APEC and related activities under the name “Chinese Taipei” and as an economy is an important political prerequisite under the oneChina principle, and the relevant parties should abide by the relevant memorandum of understanding provisions and established APEC practices. At that day’s regular press conference, a Taiwanese media outlet mentioned that the wife of Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan had once introduced herself as “Chinese Taipei” when attending an APEC event. Zhu Fenglian made the above remarks in response. She also said in response to issues such as Japanese lawmakers’ unauthorized visits to Taiwan, the Panamanian legislature’s establishment of an exchange group with Taiwan’s legislative body, and the G7 summit’s statements on Taiwan that the Taiwan question is China’s internal affair and external forces should not interfere; the DPP authorities’ push for “relying on foreign support to seek independence” and “seeking independence through force” will not succeed, and the premise for improving crossStrait relations is to stop provocative moves toward “independence” and acknowledge the “1992 Consensus.”