For the second time in just two months, the People’s Republic of China has issued a stern diplomatic rebuke to Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy over his administration’s continued engagement with Taiwan, this time focusing on the presence of Taiwanese officials at the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference held earlier this month.
In a formal diplomatic letter from the Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco to Dunleavy’s office, China expressed “solemn representations,” criticizing the inclusion of Pan Men-An and other Taiwanese delegates at the June 2–5 conference in Anchorage, which is the fourth energy conference the governor has held. Pan, the governor of Taiwan’s Pingtung County, led a delegation that participated in the high-profile energy forum, which brought together stakeholders in global energy and technology development, including members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet — Secretary of Interior Doug Burgum, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.
China called the invitation “a very wrong signal to the ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces,” and warned that Dunleavy was “moving further down the wrong path of manipulating the Taiwan Question.”
The letter doubled down on Beijing’s stance on Taiwan, stating, “There is only one China in the world, Taiwan is part of China, and the Government of the People’s Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China.”
The letter, signed by the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in San Francisco, cited the 1971 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, which recognized the PRC as the legitimate representative of China at the UN.
The Chinese government referenced a June 5 phone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump, during which Trump reportedly reaffirmed the US commitment to the one-China policy. The consulate said Dunleavy’s meeting with Taiwanese officials “compromises the interests of the Alaskan people” and demanded that Alaska abide by federal commitments.
This is the second such diplomatic message from Beijing to the Alaska governor in recent months. In a previous letter obtained and reported by Must Read Alaska, China rebuked Dunleavy for a direct visit to Taiwan earlier this year, during which he met with top Taiwanese leaders and oversaw the signing of a letter of intent between Taiwan’s state-owned CPC Corporation and the Alaska LNG export project. The letter accused Dunleavy of violating the one-China principle and crossing a “red line” in China-U.S. relations.
The governor’s visit to Taiwan marked a sharp policy contrast with his immediate predecessor, former Gov. Bill Walker, who in 2017 signed a joint development agreement with Communist Chinese state-owned companies to fund and build the $44 billion Alaska LNG project. That deal was terminated by Dunleavy immediately after he took office in 2018.
Dunleavy’s administration has pursued economic engagement with Taiwan through LNG development and trade relationships that bypass mainland China. While Beijing has stated it is not opposed to nongovernmental exchanges between US states and Taiwan, it continues to object strongly to any meetings it perceives as “official” in nature or as lending legitimacy to Taiwanese independence efforts.
Oh, okay, another “strongly worded letter” that mentions the UN. What a laugh!
Hey, China!! Take your Little Red Books and put them someplace very uncomfortable!!
From the champion of human rights violations/human traffic industries-China. Companies like Shein and Temu keep their prices low is by using garment workers, typically in Southeast Asia, who work long hours for low pay and typically without an employment contract. Think over that when you click the “buy” button.
The compressed trend cycles of fast fashion lends itself to exploiting workers. Their basic wages are so low that they cannot refuse overtime, aside from the fact that many would be fired if they refused to work overtime. In some cases, overtime is not even paid at all.
China is a danger. Beware your laughing. A country with 2 billion people could turn into a real nuke fest. We are living in dangerous times.
If Big Mike would learn to properly bow and genuflex to the red commie Chinese masters, he wouldn’t be in this predicament. He should have first consulted with the disgraced former governor Bill Walker who really knew how to bow to his Chinese masters. Of course, when you are 6’8″ and bow, you are still bigger than the Chinese masters.
Did the President
Really say he believed in on China rule? Doesn’t sound like him but I hope in his efforts for a trade deal with them
He does not get too friendly. They absolutely should not be trusted and I don’t agree letting Chinese students loyal to the communist party study at our universities!