![]() That puts the film second in the all-time Chinese film box-office rankings – behind another of Wu’s action films, last year’s patriotic war hero film Wolf Warrior 2, which he also directed.īoth films have been made as part of China’s ambitious quest to counter the influence of Hollywood films in the country by promoting films with Chinese values – and also showcase the nation’s technological and cinematic advances to audiences around the world. The film earned US$557 million in the two weeks following its release during the Lunar New Year holiday to become the highest grossing film of 2019 so far. In his speech on Saturday morning, Austin said that the US remains deeply committed to preserving the status quo in the Taiwan Straits, consistent with fulfilling US well-established obligations under the Taiwan Relations Act, and will continue to categorically oppose unilateral changes to the status quo from either side.Actor Wu Jing in a scene from the hit Chinese science fiction film, ‘The Wandering Earth’.Ĭhina’s latest science-fiction blockbuster, The Wandering Earth, starring Chinese martial artist, actor and director Wu Jing, has attracted global attention thanks to its impressive box office takings. These moves are changing the status quo, escalating tensions and undermining stability, Jing added. The US is using Taiwan island to contain China, and "Taiwan independence" separatist forces are soliciting US support for independence. The label of changing the status quo cannot be pinned on China. China's actions are completely justified. Jing stressed that China's military operations around Taiwan island are exactly targeted at "Taiwan independence" separatist forces and external forces' interference. Third, it is the common aspiration and sacred responsibility of all Chinese people, including Taiwan compatriots, to realize national reunification.Īustin's comments on the Taiwan question represent a serious distortion of facts and are completely wrong, Jing said, adding that the US has been obscuring and hollowing out the one-China policy, strengthening official interactions with the Taiwan island, indulging in separatist activities which seek "Taiwan independence," boosting arm sales to Taiwan island in both qualitative and quantitative terms, frequently sailing through the Taiwan Straits to flex its muscles and ganging up with other countries to interfere on the Taiwan question. It is a universally recognized basic norm governing international relations. Second, the one-China principle represents the universal consensus of the international community. First, there is but one China in the world and Taiwan island is an inalienable part of China's territory. Jing stressed three basic facts on the Taiwan questions. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) remains fully prepared and ready to firmly defend China's sovereignty and territorial integrity at any time, Jing Jianfeng, the PLA's deputy chief of the joint staff department of the Central Military Commission, lieutenant general, said in responding to US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's keynote speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue on Saturday during a press conference in Singapore. The Taiwan question bears on China's core interest and there is no room to concede or compromise. A PLA soldier looks around with a telescope on August 5, 2022, as the Navy of the PLA Eastern Theater Command continues drills the waters around the island of Taiwan.
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