Hypocrisy of some on Taiwan question laid bare

The G7 foreign ministers and the high representative of the European Union issued a statement on the weekend pointing an accusing finger at China, claiming that the joint exercises around Taiwan island conducted by the Chinese People's Liberation Army last week were "provocative" actions that raised cross-Strait tensions.

Their remarks are hypocritical to say the least. They claimed they oppose any unilateral actions that threaten peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait yet it is their unjustifiable support of the separatists on the island that is fueling the rising tensions. The statement itself is proof of their willingness to meddle in the Taiwan question, which is no concern of theirs, being a strictly internal affair of China, as recognized by international law. The historical reality that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one China remains immutable, regardless of attempts to distort this truth. Any efforts by the "Taiwan independence" factions or external anti-China elements to alter this actuality will be in vain.

Beijing has repeatedly had to remind the United States and its allies that they are skating on thin ice by skirting with its red line. The persistent provocations of the US and its G7 allies risk inflaming tensions in the region to a perilous extent. The misguided policy of utilizing the island as a geopolitical tool to constrain China is akin to looking for a gas leak in a coal mine by candlelight.