Taiwan’s foreign minister says Chinese pressure on countries over the island is a ‘new normal’
Taiwan said two delegates were detained for more than 20 hours after Kenya denied them entry, and the rest of its delegation withdrew.
- On Monday, two Taiwanese delegates to the Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa were detained for over 20 hours after Kenyan officials confiscated their passports and mobile phones, denying them entry to the event.
- Kenya defended the decision, citing a foreign policy that "recognizes only one China," while Taiwan's Foreign Ministry accused Beijing of pressuring Kenyan organizers to exclude the delegation.
- Taiwan's Foreign Minister Lin Chia-Lung denounced the incident on Wednesday as part of "the new normal" of Chinese pressure, calling for international partners to resist Beijing's diplomatic tactics.
- Following the detention, the entire Taiwanese delegation withdrew from the conference, prompting Oceans Affairs Council Minister Kuan Bi-ling to warn that such exclusions weaken the international community's maritime response capacity.
- This incident reflects broader patterns: in April, three countries withdrew overflight permissions for Taiwan's president over Chinese pressure, and Beijing forces Taiwan to compete at the Olympic Games as "Chinese Taipei.
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Taiwan says Chinese pressure over the island is the "new normal"
Taiwan's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said the scholars' passports and mobile phones were confiscated, and they were detained in Mombasa for more than 20 hours before being allowed to leave the country.
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Taiwan’s foreign minister says Chinese pressure on countries over the island is a ‘new normal’
Taiwan has blamed China for pressuring the Kenyan government to deny Taiwanese scholars' entry to attend a global oceans conference.
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