Teh One Who Knocks
02-23-2022, 11:21 AM
Brie Stimson | FOX News
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After Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen ordered the island's armed forces to be on alert amid tensions between Russia and Ukraine, Beijing on Wednesday balked at the comparison, calling the move "self-serving."
"Taiwan is not Ukraine," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said, according to Reuters. "Taiwan has always been an inalienable part of China. This is an indisputable legal and historical fact." Taiwan considers itself an independent state.
Last weekend, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson drew parallels between the Russia-Ukraine situation and mainland China and Taiwan.
“If Ukraine is endangered, the shock will echo around the world," he said at the Munich Security Conference. "And those echoes will be heard in east Asia, will be heard in Taiwan. People would draw the conclusion that aggression pays, and that might is right."
Beijing sees Taiwan as a breakaway province that could be taken by force if deemed necessary.
Beijing Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Ma Xiaoguang accused Taiwan of trying to stir anti-mainland sentiment by playing up "so-called military threats" from China, which he called "self-serving," according to the South China Morning Post.
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After Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen ordered the island's armed forces to be on alert amid tensions between Russia and Ukraine, Beijing on Wednesday balked at the comparison, calling the move "self-serving."
"Taiwan is not Ukraine," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said, according to Reuters. "Taiwan has always been an inalienable part of China. This is an indisputable legal and historical fact." Taiwan considers itself an independent state.
Last weekend, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson drew parallels between the Russia-Ukraine situation and mainland China and Taiwan.
“If Ukraine is endangered, the shock will echo around the world," he said at the Munich Security Conference. "And those echoes will be heard in east Asia, will be heard in Taiwan. People would draw the conclusion that aggression pays, and that might is right."
Beijing sees Taiwan as a breakaway province that could be taken by force if deemed necessary.
Beijing Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Ma Xiaoguang accused Taiwan of trying to stir anti-mainland sentiment by playing up "so-called military threats" from China, which he called "self-serving," according to the South China Morning Post.