'Ignorant' to Call Taiwan a Country, China Says Responding to Taipei's Foreign Minister

Lin Chia-lung’s remarks reveals arrogance, ignorance: FM spokesperson

In response to a media inquiry regarding comments made on Wednesday by the head of Taiwan’s external affairs authorities, Lin Chia-lung, who claimed that Taiwan can decide on its own whether it is a country, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning stated on Thursday that Taiwan has never been a country. She said that such remarks only reveal a certain individual’s arrogance and ignorance and constitute a blatant provocation.

China Can’t Decide Whether We Are a Country, Taiwan Foreign Minister Says

TAIPEI—China has no right to decide whether or not Taiwan is a country given it chooses its own government, Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Wednesday, adding that he would be happy to shake the hand of his Chinese opposite number in friendship. The Chinese communist regime views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, despite the fact that Taiwan is a de facto independent country, with its own military, democratically-elected…

MOFA on Taiwan question: China will ultimately and is bound to realize reunification

China will ultimately and is bound to realize reunification, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning at a regular press briefing on Thursday, reiterating China's firm position on the Taiwan question in response to recent remarks made by a Taiwan political figure advocating separatist rhetoric.

"Ignorant" To Call Taiwan A Country: China To Taipei's Foreign Minister

It is "arrogant and ignorant" to call Taiwan a country and its future can only be decided by China's 1.4 billion people, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday in a rebuff to the democratically-governed island's foreign minister.

'Ignorant' to call Taiwan a country, China says responding to Taipei's foreign minister

By Laurie Chen

China can't decide whether we are a country, Taiwan foreign minister says

TAIPEI - China has no right to decide whether or not Taiwan is a country given it chooses its own government, Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Wednesday, adding that he would be happy to shake the hand of his Chinese opposite number in friendship. Read more at straitstimes.com.