US support for separatists raises tensions across Straits

The United States has been making one move after another in its attempt to hollow out the one-China principle and provoke China. By violating its pledge on the Taiwan question－that there is only one China and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China－the US has been fuelling tensions across the Taiwan Straits.

And the fact that it is also violating international law and international relations norms shows that the US is unreliable.

Among all such moves, however, US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan on Aug 2 is by far the most provocative, not least because it challenges the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity.