Beijing protests proposed naval visits

China has protested to the United States over an annual US defense policy bill that includes clauses requiring reports on the possibility of naval ships from the US and Taiwan docking at each other's ports, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday.

"Related clauses seriously go against the one-China policy and the principles of the three joint communiques between China and the US, and interfere in China's internal affairs," Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said at a daily news conference in Beijing.

"China has lodged serious representations to the US," he said.