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Opinion Chinese ambassador: Why China objects to Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan

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August 4, 2022 at 6:44 p.m. EDT
Smoke trails from projectiles launched by the Chinese military are seen in the sky as tourists look on from Pingtan Island, one of China's closest points from Taiwan, in Fujian province on Aug. 4. (Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images)
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Qin Gang is the Chinese ambassador to the United States.

Taiwan has been an inseparable part of China’s territory for 1,800 years. In 1943, the leaders of China, the United States and Britain issued the Cairo Declaration, which clearly states that all territories Japan stole from the Chinese, such as Taiwan, shall be restored to China. The Potsdam Declaration of 1945 affirmed that the terms of the Cairo Declaration would be carried out. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, passed in 1971, recognized that the representatives of the government of the People’s Republic of China are the only lawful representatives of China to the United Nations.