The Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning stressed that the outcome of the elections in that region does not change the consensus of the world community to join the principle of One China.

“Eighty years ago, China, the United States, and Britain issued the Cairo Declaration, which clearly stipulated that Taiwan, the Chinese territory stolen by Japan, would be returned to China,” she added.

On the other hand, Mao explained that Article 8 of the Potsdam Proclamation, jointly signed by Beijing, Washington, London, and the Soviet Union in 1945 reaffirmed these provisions and forced Japan to unconditional surrender.

“This series of documents with international legal effect has set the historical and legal basis that Taiwan is an inalienable territory of China,” the spokeswoman said.

According to Ning, although the two sides of the strait have not yet been reunified, China’s sovereignty and Taiwan’s legal status as part of China have never changed.

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