News-Middle East: China has again called on the US to abide by the provisions of the Beijing-Washington communiques and halt military ties to Chinese Taipei, insisting that the island territory is an inalienable part of China.

Marking the 39th anniversary of the issuance of the communique regarding arms sales to the Chinese Taipei on Tuesday, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said during her daily press briefing that the formal documents constituted the political foundation of bilateral ties, “the essential core of which is the one-China principle, which the US side should strictly follow,” Xinhua reported.

Hua also reiterated that Washington had conducted “official” exchanges with Taipei and had sold various types of weaponry to the island in repeated violation of its own pledges.