Act of desperation in last-chance saloon: China Daily editorial

A spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry has stressed that if the United States does not take practical actions to abide by its commitments to recognize "Tibet" as a part of China and not support "Tibet independence", Beijing will be left with no recourse but to take resolute and strong measures to firmly defend China's sovereignty, security and development interests. The Chinese side's urging that the US not go its own sweet way came after the US introduced the "Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act", or "Resolve Tibet Act". An amended edition of the "Tibetan Policy Act of 2002", it was approved by the US House of Representatives on Friday local time and then signed into law by US President Joe Biden. Upon signing, Biden said the Act "does not change" the US policy that recognizes the Xizang autonomous region and other Tibetan areas of China as part of the People's Republic of China. The "Tibet" of the US narrative, whether it refers to the present-day Xizang autonomous region or the autonomous region along with other Tibetan inhabited areas in China, is a part of China.