Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, attends a press conference on China's foreign policy and external relations on the sidelines of the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, capital of China, March 8, 2026. Photo: Xinhua

The island of Taiwan has been Chinese territory since ancient times and is absolutely impossible to become any "country" in the past, present or future. We will never allow any individual or force to separate Taiwan from China, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during the press conference on Sunday on the sidelines of the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress.

Wang made the remarks in response to an inquiry about how China assesses the risk of accidental military conflict in the Taiwan Straits and whether China has established a timetable or roadmap for the reunification of the motherland, given that Taiwan's Lai Ching-teauthorities have repeatedly claimed that Taiwan is a "sovereign country" and that the Taiwan question is not China's internal affair, while tensions surrounding the Taiwan Straits continue to escalate and military exercises by the People's Liberation Army are occurring increasingly close to the island.

Taiwan island's return to China is an outcome of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and also a result of the victory of World War II. A series of international legal documents - including the Cairo Declaration, the Potsdam Proclamation, the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, and United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 - have firmly established Taiwan's status. Any attempt to create "two Chinas" or "one China, one Taiwan" in the international arena is doomed to fail, Wang said.

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities stubbornly insist on a separatist stance advocating "Taiwan independence," which is the root cause of instability and disruption to peace in the Taiwan Straits. Facts have repeatedly shown that the clearer the international community's opposition to "Taiwan independence" separatism and the firmer its commitment to the one-China principle, the more secure peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits will be, Wang noted.

The Taiwan question is China's internal affair and lies at the very core of China's core interests. This red line must not be crossed or trampled upon. The international community has formed an overwhelming consensus on upholding the one-China principle. An increasing number of countries stand together with China, not only reaffirming their adherence to the one-China principle and recognizing Taiwan island as part of China's territory, but also explicitly opposing all separatist activities of "Taiwan independence" and supporting China's cause of national reunification. This fully demonstrates that opposing "Taiwan independence" and promoting reunification align with the trend of the times and meet the expectations of the international community, he said.

The historical process of resolving the Taiwan question and achieving the complete reunification of the motherland is unstoppable. Those who follow the trend will prosper; those who resist it will perish, he warned.