The passage and signing of the law severely undermine country's interests
Beijing has strongly protested against Washington's passage and signing into law of the so-called Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act, warning it severely undermines China's interests and must not be implemented.
The act gives recognition to the notion of 'Greater Tibet', a concept made up by the group led by the 14th Dalai Lama, and asks the United States government and the US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues to counter "disinformation about Tibet" from the Chinese government.
The act grossly interferes with China's internal affairs and violates the basic norms governing international relations, sending a severely wrong signal to "Tibet independence" forces, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a statement issued on Saturday.
The spokesperson urged the US to take concrete actions to honor its commitments of recognizing the Xizang autonomous region as part of China and not support "Tibet independence".
"If the US continues down the wrong path, China will take resolute measures to firmly defend its sovereignty, security and development interests," the spokesperson said.
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress condemned the act on Saturday for breaking international law.
Xizang affairs are China' s internal affairs, which brook no interference by any external forces, the top legislature said in a statement.
The United Nations Charter explicitly stipulates sovereign equality and the independence of states. The Declaration on the Inadmissibility of Intervention and Interference in the Internal Affairs of States, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1981, further emphasized the principles of sovereignty, independence and noninterference in other states' internal affairs, it said.
People of all ethnic groups in Xizang have achieved a full victory in poverty alleviation, resulting in greater social stability, economic and cultural prosperity, a better environment and happier lives, the statement
