Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-05-28

Ministry of National Defense: The U.S. Side Should Handle the Taiwan Question with Extreme Caution

国防部：美方应慎之又慎处理台湾问题

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Desk	China Desk
Publishing institution	CMC Political Work Department
Source outlet	PLA Daily (解放军报) (pla_daily)
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Source-stated publication date	2026-05-28
Original URL	http://www.81.cn/fyr/16464054.html
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5月28日下午，国防部举行例行记者会，国防部新闻发言人蒋斌大校答记者问。记者：美国代理海军部长日前公开表示，美国正暂缓一项价值140亿美元的对台军售案，引发岛内舆论关注。美国会众议院近日公布2027财年《国防授权法案》部分内容，其中“台湾安全合作倡议”涉及10亿美元，用于协助提升台“防卫能力”。请问发言人对此有何评论？蒋斌：中方坚决反对美国向中国台湾地区出售武器的立场是一贯、明确的。美方应恪守一个中国原则和中美三个联合公报特别是“八·一七”公报规定，落实好中美元首会晤重要共识，兑现对中方所作承诺和表态，慎之又慎处理台湾问题，以实际行动维护中美两国两军关系稳定、健康、可持续发展。

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At the May 28 MND press conference, spokesperson Senior Colonel Jiang Bin responded to two concurrent U.S. developments — the Acting Navy Secretary's announced pause on a $14 billion Taiwan arms sale and the FY2027 NDAA's proposed $1 billion Taiwan Security Cooperation Initiative — with a demand that Washington honor the August 17 Communiqué and summit-level commitments. The response treats the arms-sale pause not as a concession but as an occasion to press for broader compliance, invoking the summit consensus as a binding standard against which U.S. legislative action is measured. What remains unclear is whether this framing represents a deliberate escalation in rhetorical baseline or standard boilerplate applied to a coincidentally busy news cycle.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "国防部：美方应慎之又慎处理台湾问题." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-05-28. http://www.81.cn/fyr/16464054.html.

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