Zhang Qiyue, spokesman for the mainland's Foreign Ministry, responding to the announcement of the establishment of relations, said the PRC demanded that the government of PNG immediately reconsider this "erroneous" decision. Otherwise, he warned, the PNG government would have to accept complete responsibility for all the serious consequences.
中共外交部發言人章啟月在我國與巴紐建交之後，隨即強烈要求巴紐政府立即糾正這個「錯誤」決定，否則必須對所產生的嚴重後果承擔全部責任。