Chinese foreign minister says Taiwan and Ukraine situations are fundamentally different
- Wang Yi makes the remarks at his yearly briefing on the sidelines of the annual legislative session
- He also says Beijing is willing to act as a mediator in the Ukraine crisis and that China will send emergency aid
Speaking during his annual briefing with foreign media in Beijing, Wang Yi said it was a “blatant double standard if some respect the sovereignty of Ukraine but repeatedly harm China’s sovereignty over Taiwan”.
He said “certain parties” in the US were pushing Taiwan towards danger and it would have unbearable consequences for the United States. Their purpose was to use Taiwan to contain China’s rise, he added.
Wang also said tensions across the Taiwan Strait were the result of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s failure to recognise the one-China principle.
‘Geopolitical game’ in the Asia-Pacific
The foreign minister also hit out at the US over what he called a bid to establish Nato in the Asia-Pacific, which he said went against regional arrangements.
Wang said the US was “playing its geopolitical game” with exclusive clubs like the Quad and Five Eyes and its Indo-Pacific strategy.