The resolution of the Taiwan question is a matter for the Chinese, and no external force has any right to interfere, a foreign ministry spokesperson said Monday.

According to reports, British foreign secretary James Cleverly said in a recent interview that he "fundamentally disagreed" that the Taiwan Strait was a domestic matter for China, insisting that it was in "everybody's interests" to have a peaceful resolution to the situation.

"The British foreign secretary needs to dust off his history books," spokesperson Mao Ning told a daily news briefing when answering a relevant query.

Noting there is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, Mao said Taiwan's return to China is an important component of the post-WWII international order, as stated in black and white in the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation.

"The one-China principle is a prevailing consensus among the international community and a basic norm in international relations affirmed in Resolution 2758 of the UN General Assembly," Mao said.