Beijing objects to contacts with Taiwan by foreign officials

Beijing reiterated on Wednesday its strong opposition to any form of exchanges between officials of foreign countries and Taiwan.

"We strongly oppose any form of official or military exchanges between Taiwan and countries that have diplomatic relations with Beijing," Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said at a news conference in Beijing.

"The United States should be clear about who is unilaterally undermining the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations," he said, urging the US to adhere to the one-China principle and the three joint communiques, and to prudently handle Taiwan-related issues.