Organizations wishing to add their signatures to this statement should contact us at info@socialistchina.org
We condemn in the strongest possible terms the provocative and war-mongering visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to China’s territory of Taiwan.
Pelosi is a reactionary, anti-working-class imperialist politician with a long record of inveterate hostility to Socialist China and the Chinese people. Her visit to Taiwan is a major political provocation that carries with it a grave danger of leading to regional and even world war. It is a gross violation of international law and, in particular, of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 and the clear provisions of the three joint communiques by China and the United States.
There is only one China in the world and its sole legal government is that of the People’s Republic of China. This is an absolute and immutable fact on which there is no room for compromise. This much is recognized by 180 countries around the world, including the US, as well as by the United Nations. When and how China completes its historic goal of complete national reunification is the internal affair of the Chinese people and the Chinese people alone. No outside interference of any kind is acceptable.
Pelosi’s visit once again makes clear to all humanity that the United States is the world’s number one rogue state. Its diatribes about a so-called ‘rules based international order’ are nothing but a fig leaf for its hegemonic behavior, its gangster-like bullying and its flagrant disregard for international law.
The idea that Pelosi’s visit is some kind of unilateral action, for which the US administration is somehow not responsible, is ridiculous. She is constitutionally the second in line of succession to the Presidency. As Pelosi’s military aircraft landed in Taipei, the US assembled a veritable armada in waters off Taiwan’s east coast, including an aircraft carrier strike group, a guided missile cruiser and a destroyer. As Commander-in-Chief, President Biden bears full responsibility for this.
Pelosi’s visit caps – and escalates – a series of moves by both the present US administration and its predecessor to encourage the separatist element in Taiwan, to undermine the One China principle, to escalate the militarization of the region, and to gravely threaten peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region and indeed the world. This includes public remarks by Biden himself on several occasions. As President Xi Jinping solemnly pointed out to Biden in their recent telephone conversation, those who play with fire will end up getting burned. The United States bears full responsibility for its egregious actions and for all the consequences arising therefrom.
We stand by the Chinese people, government and military in their just response to this serious infringement of China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. We join with the brave people of Taipei who gathered outside Pelosi’s hotel, to demand, in words that echo and resonate from Cuba to Korea and from Venezuela to Iran: “Yankee, go home!”
Statement issued by Friends of Socialist China.
Organizational signatories
- ANSWER Coalition
- Center for Communist Studies
- China Environment Net
- Communist Workers League
- Connolly Youth Movement
- Critical Theory Workshop
- Freedom Road Socialist Organization
- Guerrilla History podcast
- Geopolitical Economy Research Group
- Goldsmiths Anti-Imperialist Society
- Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War
- Hampton Institute
- Institute for Independence Studies
- International Action Center
- International Manifesto Group
- Iskra Books
- La Città Futura
- Laika Press
- Multipolarista
- Network in Defense of Humanity (Quebec chapter)
- New Communist Party of Britain
- Party of Communists USA
- Party for Socialism and Liberation
- Peace, Land, and Bread
- Pivot to Peace
- Qiao Collective
- Radical Education Department
- Revolutionary Left Radio
- Socialist Unity Party
- The Canada Files
- The International Journal of Critical Media Literacy
- United National Antiwar Coalition
- Vatan Party
- Workers World Party
The progressive movement must come together to combat these latest Cold War moves by U.S. and Western imperialism pushing us all towards World War 3.
Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan was just one more big step in hollowing out the one China agreement and trying to provoke China into rash action. Surely enough is enought and the world needs to act to curb the phychotic behaviour of the USA
Yes. Signed on behalf of the Communist Workers League (CWL) and its journal Fighting Words (fighting-words.net).
When and if a donkey kicks you or tries to kick you, you indeed do not kick back.
Bravo, China!
I am from Vancouver,Canada and i wanted to say that Pelosi and the US Gov’t has been condemned by the majority of countries in the world for its aggressive actions and interference in the internal affairs of China.This is not mentioned in the main stream Media and Gov’t of Canada. All countries know that Taiwan is part of China and very few countries disagree with that.China is been supported by the majority of people and countries in the world in their fight against Yankee Aggression and occupation of their country.
I could not agree more. The provocative, anti-democratic and aggressive attitude of the United States both here and in the matter of Palestine, (to name but a few) is shameful and should be universally repudiated.
Shame on Pelosi and Biden !
You can add The Robust Opposition to the list of signatories. I have been doing my show about activism and organizing for almost six years. I have done many shows on US imperialism and about China.
The civilized world looks on as Washington sends its worst example of rot to foment disaster capitalism. Maybe it will be the straw that broke the camel’s back.