China urges US to abide by ‘one China principle’

• China tells US to stop arming Taiwan

BEIJING: China urged the United States to abide by the “one China principle” and stop arming Taiwan during two-day military talks held in Washington from January 8-9, according to a Chinese defence ministry statement on Wednesday.

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China also asked the US to reduce military deployment and provocations in the South China Sea, it said, adding that the US should strictly restrain its front-line forces and stop hyping up security issues.

China’s embassy in Japan also issued a statement along the same lines, saying “Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, and the Taiwan issue is purely China’s internal affair”.