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Taiwan and Ukraine are fundamentally different issues and not comparable at all, a spokesperson of China's embassy in UK stressed on Saturday.

Regarding some in the U.S. comparing the Taiwan question to the Ukraine issue and China's military drills in the Taiwan Strait to Russia's "invasion of Ukraine", the spokesperson said such a comparison is ill-intentioned.

Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, and the Taiwan question is entirely China's internal affair, the spokesperson underlined.

If the U.S. side values the principle of respecting sovereignty and territorial integrity, then it should apply this principle to the Taiwan question, rather than practice any double standard when it comes to Taiwan, the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson pointed out that it is unacceptable to urge respect for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity on the one hand, and trample on China's red line on Taiwan and encroach up China's sovereignty and territorial integrity on the other.

Taiwan is China's Taiwan. No foreign country is entitled to act as a judge on the Taiwan question, said the spokesperson.

The spokesperson also pointed out that U.S. is used to stoking tension and provoking troubles.

Preliminary figures show that between the end of the Second World War and 2001, there were 248 armed conflicts in 153 regions across the world, among which 201 were initiated by the United States, according to the spokesperson.

"Since 2001, wars and military operations launched by the U.S. have resulted in over 800,000 deaths and tens of millions displaced from home. After starting so many wars and killing so many civilians to preserve its hegemony, the U.S. is now creating troubles in the Taiwan Strait. We will never allow this to happen," the spokesperson said.