The U.S. defense bill has seriously undermined the peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, a Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman said at a press conference in Beijing on Thursday.
The spokesman, senior Colonel Zhang Xiaogang, made the statement in response to the U.S. president's signing of the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, which includes several China-related provisions and allocates about one billion U.S. dollars for the so-called "Taiwan Security Cooperation Initiative" to expand arms sales to China's Taiwan region.
"The negative Taiwan-related bill by the United States crudely interferes in China's internal affairs, sends a seriously wrong signal to Taiwan separatist forces, and severely undermines peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. The United States has gone back on its own commitments, intensified arms sales to Taiwan, emboldened Taiwan secessionism, and accelerated the push of the Taiwan Strait toward a dangerous situation of military confrontation and conflict. The Democratic Progressive Party authorities disregard the lives and well-being of the people in Taiwan, allowing the United States to exploit them to the bone and squeeze Taiwan dry," said Zhang.
"Attempts to use Taiwan to contain China are destined to fail, and seeking secession through force will lead to self-destruction. We urge the United States to fully recognize the extreme sensitivity of the Taiwan question, earnestly abide by the one-China principle and the three China–U.S. joint communiques, handle Taiwan-related issues with the utmost caution, stop arming Taiwan in any form, and take concrete actions to safeguard the overall interests of relations between the two countries and two militaries," said Zhang.
US defense policy bill seriously harms peace, stability across Taiwan Strait: Chinese spokesman
