OnFebruary1st,theUSHouseofRepresentativesopenlypassedtheso-calledTaiwanSecurityEnhancementAct"(TSEA),indisregardoftheChinesegovernment’sfirmoppositionandsolemnrepresentation,theoverallsituationofUS-Chinarelationsandtheacceptedcriterionofinternationalrelations.ItnotonlycrudelyinfringesChina’ssovereigntybutalsotremendouslyunderminestherecov-eringrelationsbetweentheUSandChina.TheChinesegovernmenthasshownitsstrongindignationandobjectiontoit.