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China is the real threat, Taiwan says in rebuff to Munich speech
Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung accused Beijing of military provocations violating U.N. Charter principles, highlighting recent mass war games near the island in December.
- On Sunday, Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said China is the real threat to security and hypocritically claims to uphold U.N. principles at the Munich Security Conference.
- Wang Yi, Chinese Foreign Minister, warned Saturday that some countries are "trying to split Taiwan" and blamed Japan, while China views Taiwan as its territory, rejected by Taipei.
- Pointing to military moves, Lin said `In fact, China has recently engaged in military provocations in surrounding areas and has repeatedly and openly violated UN Charter principles on refraining from the use of force or the threat of force` near Taiwan in December.
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The country considers Taiwan, democratically governed, as its own territory
Taiwanese Foreign Minister Lin Chia-long responded to his Chinese counterpart's remarks at the Munich Security Conference, asserting that China is the real threat to regional stability and accusing Beijing of showing a contradiction between its rhetoric about supporting UN principles and its actions on the ground.
Taiwan FM says China ‘real threat’ after Munich remarks
China is the real threat to security and is hypocritically claiming to uphold UN principles of peace, Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Sunday in a rebuff to comments by China's top diplomat at the Munich Security Conference. China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, a view the government in Taipei rejects, saying only Taiwan's people can decide their future. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, addressing the ann…
Taiwan says China is real security threat, rejects UN Charter claims at Munich conference
Taiwan’s Foreign Minister, Lin Chia-lung, accused China of military provocations and hypocrisy over UN principles, rebutting remarks by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference.
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