On 12 November, the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting issued a joint statement that once again represents a mischaracterization of facts, a deliberate vilification of China, and a gross interference in China’s internal affairs. China strongly opposes that. 

The Taiwan question is purely China’s internal affair, which tolerates no external interference. The key to upholding peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is to adhere to the one-China principle and resolutely oppose “Taiwan independence” separatist activities. The Taiwan region’s participation in the activities of international organizations must and can only be handled in line with the one-China principle.“Taiwan independence” separatist activities and external forces that abet and aid them are the ones that undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. If the G7 truly hopes to see peace and stability in the region, it should earnestly abide by the one-China principle, stop interfering in China’s internal affairs, and stop sending any wrong signal to the “Taiwan independence” separatist forces in any form.

The situation in the East China Sea and the South China Sea is generally stable. Taiwan region’s participation in the activities of international organizations must and can only be handled under the one-China principle. The South China Sea is one of the safest and the freest waterways in the world. The so-called arbitral award on the South China Sea violates the basic principles of international law, contravenes the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and goes against the basic facts in the South China Sea. The G7 should stop using maritime issues to stoke disputes, escalate tensions and undermine regional peace and stability.

China has always been aboveboard on the Ukraine crisis. China has never provided lethal weapons to any party to the conflict and strictly controls the export of dual-use articles. We never accept the G7’s blame-shifting or groundless accusation. 

As regard to peace and security, China is the major country with the best track record. China is firmly committed to peaceful development and a national defense policy that is defensive in nature. China always keeps its nuclear strength at the minimum level required by national security. The G7 turns a blind eye to the U.S.’s special and primary nuclear disarmament responsibility and the nuclear proliferation risks from AUKUS while directing the issue at China. This is a typical move of confusing right and wrong.

China’s measures to standardize and refine its export control system comply with international common practices and aim to better defend world peace and regional stability and to fulfill its international obligations. The so-called “China’s overcapacity” and “non-market policies” have been proven false by facts and have no merits at all. It is the G7 members that politicize and weaponize economic and trade issues, undermine the international economic order, disrupt the global market and destabilize the international industrial and supply chains. The G7 should reflect on what it has done.

China once again urges the G7 to take a clear grasp of the global trend, abandon the Cold War mentality and ideological bias, stop manipulating issues related to China, stop interfering in China’s internal affairs, and make more contributions to solidarity and cooperation in the international community.