Beijing Asks New Delhi to Reiterate ‘One China’ Principle
- India has not publicly reaffirmed the policy for a long time
- G-7, Asean groupings have endorsed ‘One China’ policy
Chinese paramilitary police march past the gates of the Indian Embassy in Beijing.
Photographer: Mark Ralstron/AFP/Getty Images
Beijing wants India to reaffirm the “One China” policy as it seeks to shore up regional support after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, which triggered aggressive military drills by the Chinese military around the island.
“We hope that the Indian side could openly reiterate its One China policy like many other countries,” Sun Weidong, China’s ambassador to India, said in a post on the embassy’s website. “The One China principle is the political foundation of the China-India relations,” he said in a summary of his comments at a briefing in New Delhi on Saturday. More than 170 countries and international organizations have reaffirmed their commitment to the principle, he said.