This undated photo shows Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING - A Chinese government official on Wednesday urged the US government to play a constructive role in maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits.

Our country must be reunified, and will surely be reunified.

Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council

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Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, made the remarks when commenting on a recent statement by Kurt Campbell, the White House's Indo-Pacific policy coordinator, who said that the United States does not support "Taiwan independence."

"Our country must be reunified, and will surely be reunified," Zhu said, noting that the push for "Taiwan independence" goes against the tide of history and it is a path to nowhere.

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The spokesperson also urged the US government to earnestly abide by the one-China principle and the provisions of the three China-US joint communiques, and explicitly oppose "Taiwan independence."