The Chinese government strongly opposes the signing of the motion
adopted by the US Congress in support of Taiwan's participation in
the World Health Organization (WHO), said Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue Saturday.
She urged the United States to stop pushing the motion.
US
President George W. Bush recently signed a motion adopted by the US
Congress in support of Taiwan's participation in the WTO, but at
the same time alleged that the United States had not changed its
one-China policy.
Zhang said the Chinese government had repeatedly lodged solemn
representations to the United States concerning the motion, and
China was strongly opposed to the signing of the motion, she
added.
Taiwan was part of China, Zhang said, and Taiwan was not eligible
to join the WHO as a member or a quasi-member, or participate in
any WHO activity as an observer, according to the relevant
resolutions of the United Nations and the regulations of the
WHO.
At
the 56th World Health Assembly (WHA) that concluded recently,
Taiwan failed in its seventh attempt to participate in the WHO,
Zhang said, which demonstrated the common understanding and clear
attitude of the international community on this issue.
Zhang said that Taiwan had easy access to health information.
The central government of China had been always concerned about the
health of Taiwan compatriots and actively promoted exchanges and
cooperation in the health sector across the Taiwan Straits, she
added.
In
regard to preventing and treating severe acute respiratory syndrome
(SARS), Taiwan authorities had turned down donations from the
Chinese mainland, regardless of the health and safety of Taiwan's
people.
The true purpose of the Taiwan authorities in participating in the
WHO was to create "two Chinas" or "one China, one Taiwan", but
their attempt was doomed to failure, Zhang noted.
She urged the US government to comply with the will of the
international community, to clearly recognize the political motives
of the Taiwan authorities, to abide by the one-China policy and the
principles of three joint communiques, to stop all actions in
support of Taiwan's participation in the WHO, and not to set out
obstacles to the development of Sino-US relations.
(Xinhua News Agency May 31, 2003)