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Reuters

Beijing on Wednesday lambasted Taiwan’s humanitarian aid for Ukraine and sanctions on Russia as “taking advantage of others’ difficulties” after the island announced it was sending more funds donated by the public for refugees.
The war in Ukraine has garnered broad sympathy in Taiwan, with many seeing parallels between Russia’s invasion and the military threat posed by China, which views the democratically governed island as its own territory.
Taiwan has joined in Western-led sanctions on Russia.
Asked about Taiwan’s aid and sanctions at a news conference in Beijing, Zhu Fenglian, a spokeswoman for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, said Taiwan’s government was trying to latch on to the issue for its own purposes.


“The Democratic Progressive Party authorities are using the Ukraine issue to validate their existence and piggyback on a hot issue, taking advantage of others’ difficulties,” she said, referring to Taiwan’s ruling party.
“Their attempts to incite confrontation and create hostility through political manipulation will not succeed.”
Taiwan’s government says that on Ukraine it has a duty to stand with other democracies.
Late on Tuesday, Taiwan’s foreign ministry announced a second US$11.5 million donation to help refugees after an initial donation this month of US$3.5 million. President Tsai Ing-wen has gifted one month of her salary.
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“During this conflict, the Taiwanese people have shown boundless compassion,” the ministry cited Foreign Minister Joseph Wu as saying at an event attended by several senior Taipei-based Western diplomats, including the de facto European Union ambassador.
China, which has refused to condemn the Russian invasion, said last week the Chinese Red Cross would provide humanitarian assistance worth 5 million yuan (US$784,000) to Ukraine, its first publicly announced aid to the country since the war.


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Beijing accuses Taiwan of capitalising on Ukraine crisis as island sends aid

Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu and Cyryl Kozaczewski, director of the Polish office in Taipei, launch humanitarian aid for Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

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Foreign minister Joseph Wu (left) said more than US$10 million had been collected. Photo: CNS

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Women with their children are crossing the Ukrainian border into Poland, at Medyka border crossing on Tuesday. Photo: AFP

Refugees wait to enter a train to reach Romania, one of the stages of the long exodus from Ukraine, at the railway station of Chisinau, Moldova on Tuesday. Photo: EPA-EFE

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Taipei announces second donation of US$11.5 million to help refugees, with President Tsai Ing-wen giving a month of her salary
The island’s government is ‘using the Ukraine issue to validate their existence and piggyback on a hot issue’, Beijing spokeswoman says



Taipei announces second donation of US$11.5 million to help refugees, with President Tsai Ing-wen giving a month of her salary.


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Beijing accuses Taiwan of capitalising on Ukraine crisis as island sends aid

Taipei announces second donation of US$11.5 million to help refugees, with President Tsai Ing-wen giving a month of her salary The island’s government is ‘using the Ukraine issue to validate their existence and piggyback on a hot issue’, Beijing spokeswoman says

Taipei announces second donation of US$11.5 million to help refugees, with President Tsai Ing-wen giving a month of her salary

The island’s government is ‘using the Ukraine issue to validate their existence and piggyback on a hot issue’, Beijing spokeswoman says