New Delhi: As tensions spike ahead of US House of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan later on Tuesday, the spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in India said that the visit would constitute a gross interference in China's internal affairs. "A visit to Taiwan by Speaker Pelosi would constitute a gross interference in China’s internal affairs, greatly threaten peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, severely undermine China-US relations and lead to a very serious situation & grave consequences," Chinese embassy in New Delhi's spokesperson Wang Xiaojian said.
"The public opinion cannot be defied. Those who play with fire will perish by it. If the US side insists on visiting and challenges China’s red line, it will be met with resolute countermeasures. The US must bear all consequences arising thereof," said Xiaojian. He added that the one-China principle is the political foundation for China-US relations and reiterated that China firmly opposes separatist moves toward “Taiwan independence” and interference by external forces, and never allows any room for “Taiwan independence” forces in whatever form.