A recent comment from U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on the Taiwan issue, part of an aggressive speech against China, was illogical and absurd, and sent the wrong signal to separatists in Taiwan.
In a speech on Oct. 4, Pence accused China of threatening the stability of the Strait by establishing diplomatic relations with three Latin American countries.
His comment was an attempt to cause trouble concerning China's core interest, raising reasonable doubt about the intentions of the United States.
It was based on the one-China principle that Chinese and U.S. leaders managed to normalize bilateral relations in the 1970s. In the following decades, the one-China principle has become a common understanding of the international community.