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the bill continues to go forward, it would affect U.S.-China
relations, Mao Ning, a foreign ministry spokesperson, said at a
regular media briefing.
Mao also described the new U.S. legislation as sending "a
serious false signal to the separatist forces of Taiwan
independence."
"China is firmly opposed to this and has made solemn
representations to the U.S. side that there is only one China in
the world, that Taiwan is an inseparable part of China's
territory, and that China will unswervingly promote the complete
reunification of the country," the spokesperson said.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed the Taiwan Policy
Act of 2022 by 17-5, despite concerns about the bill in U.S.
President Joe Biden's administration and anger about the measure
from Beijing.
The bill comes over one month after China conducted its
largest-ever military exercises around Taiwan in response to an
earlier visit to the self-ruled island by U.S. House of
Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
(Reporting by Liz Lee; Writing by Ryan Woo and Eduardo Baptista;
Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky and Kim Coghill)
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