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Jakarta, Indonesia – July 11, 2022 (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
1. Wang, ASEAN Secretary-General Dato Lim Jock Hoi greeting each other with fist bumping
2. Various of meeting in progress between Wang, Dato Lim Jock Hoi
3. Wang, permanent representatives to ASEAN posing for group photos
4. Wang, accompanied by Dato Lim Jock Hoi, walking into room
5. Press
6. Wang among others seated
7. Dato Lim Jock Hoi speaking
8. Event in progress
9. Wang speaking

FILE: Jakarta, Indonesia – April 24, 2021 (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
10. Various of ASEAN Secretariat building, ASEAN sign
11. Various of flags

FILE: Taipei City, Taiwan, China – Date Unknown (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
12. Taipei 101 Tower
13. Traffic
14. Aerial shot of buildings

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Upholding the one-China principle is the mainstay for Taiwan’s stability, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday when asked about the root cause of current tension across the Taiwan Strait and how to maintain cross-Strait peace and stability at the ASEAN Secretariat.

History and past experience prove that when the one-China principle is fully recognized and followed, peaceful development across the Taiwan Strait will be achieved. When the one-China principle is challenged or even undermined, there will be tension in the Taiwan Strait, Wang said.

The current tension in the Taiwan Strait is caused by the fact that Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party authorities abandoned the 1992 Consensus which embodies the one-China principle, undermined the important foundation for the peaceful development of the cross-Strait relations, and they are still going farther down the “Taiwan independence” path, Wang added.

Meanwhile, the United States is constantly distorting and hollowing out the one-China principle, in an attempt to play the “Taiwan card” and interfere with and obstruct China’s development process, he pointed out.

The true status quo of the Taiwan question is that Taiwan is part of China and China’s sovereignty and territory have never been divided, though there is political antagonism between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, Wang said, the status quo has never been changed and will not change.

Wang emphasized that the Taiwan question is at the core of China’s core interests, and any individual, any force or any country should not harbor the illusion that they have chances of separating Taiwan from China.

Wang said that the one-China principle is also the key cornerstone of China’s diplomatic relations with other countries and forms an integral part of the international order after World War II. China hopes and believes that all countries can fully understand the harm of the “Taiwan independence”, and work with China to safeguard the one-China principle.

The United States has repeatedly stressed the need to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of every country, Wang said, China attaches importance to this U.S. statement. He urged the United States not to apply double standards to the Taiwan question. He emphasized that China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity on the Taiwan issue should also be respected and upheld, which is also a test of the international credibility of the United States as a major country.

Wang is on a Southeast Asia tour, which takes him to Myanmar, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia.