China derides Taiwan for its efforts to take part in UN General Assembly
- ‘This is yet another political farce staged by separatist forces for ‘Taiwan independence’ and some anti-China forces,’ China’s ambassador to the UN says
- Events raising Beijing’s ire include a ‘March for Taiwan’ across Manhattan and recent US stops by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and Vice-President William Lai
China lashed out at Taiwan and, indirectly, the United States on Thursday over the self-ruled island’s attempted involvement in the United Nations General Assembly as the world’s leaders gather in New York next week for the annual conclave.
“Recently, the Taiwan authorities, in collusion with some ‘external forces’, again clamoured for so-called Taiwan’s participation in the UN,” China’s UN ambassador Zhang Jun said Thursday in a statement, invoking an oft-used phrase for the US.
“This is yet another political farce staged by separatist forces for ‘Taiwan independence’ and some anti-China forces news-jacking the incoming 78th session of the UN General Assembly.
“It is essentially political manipulation under the disguise of Taiwan’s so-called international participation.”
China views Taiwan as a renegade province to be eventually reunited with the mainland, by force if necessary. Like most Western countries, the USdoes not recognise the self-governing island as an independent state.