State Council Taiwan Affairs Office: Resolutely Oppose Some People in the United States Advocating "Using Taiwan to Contain China"

The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council holds a routine press conference. A reporter asked: Recently, bipartisan senators in the US Congress sent a letter to a Taiwan public opinion organization urging it to pass the so-called "special defense budget for Taiwan" to "strengthen Taiwan's defense capabilities" and speed up the procurement of US military equipment. Some senators also called on the US executive branch to continue to promote US arms sales to Taiwan. What is the spokesperson's comment on this? Spokesperson Zhang Han said that for some time, some people in the United States have been trying to play the "Taiwan card," conduct "Taiwan containment against China," and obstruct China's reunification. We firmly oppose this. The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taiwan seeks to "plot for independence through military means" and "rely on external forces for independence," willingly becoming a cash cow for US arms dealers, will ultimately turn Taiwan into a gunpowder barrel and ammunition depot, destroying Taiwan and causing harm to Taiwan, leading to its own demise.