The following are links to reports from MEMRI's Special Dispatch Series and Inquiry and Analysis Series, as well as to transcripts from the MEMRI TV Project, released during the past week.
In a statement posted to the CCTV Video News Agency YouTube video on August 29, 2022, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said that America’s “flexing” in the Taiwan Strait under the “guise” of freedom of navigation is only a provocation and a deliberate attempt to undermine peace and stability in the region. He also emphasized that Taiwan is part of China and that the government of the People’s Republic of China is the sole legal government of the Chinese people. In a second statement posted to the channel on the following day, Zhao reiterated his previous statement, adding that the efforts of Taiwanese separatists to solicit foreign support is the cause of tensions in the region.