- cross-posted to:
- china@sopuli.xyz
Cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/12934557
Taiwan on Thursday condemned China as “shameless” after Beijing’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations thanked the world for its concern about a strong earthquake on the island.
China claims democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory and also claims the right to speak for it on the international stage, to the fury of Taipei given Beijing’s communist government has never ruled the island and has no say in how it chooses its leaders.
On Wednesday, after the 7.2 earthquake hit eastern Taiwan, killing 10 people, China’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the U.N., Geng Shuang, mentioned at a meeting about children’s rights that another speaker had brought up the quake in “China’s Taiwan”. China is concerned about the damage and has expressed condolences to Taiwan and offered aid, he said, according to a transcript of his remarks carried on the Chinese mission to the U.N.’s website.
“We thank the international community for its expressions of sympathy and concern,” he added.
Taiwan’s foreign ministry expressed anger at the remarks.
The ministry “solemnly condemns China’s shameless use of the Taiwan earthquake to conduct cognitive operations internationally”, it said, using Taiwan’s normal term for what it views as Chinese psychological warfare.
This shows China has no goodwill towards Taiwan, the ministry added.
Taiwan’s government has already thanked governments and leaders around the world for their messages of concern and offers of support, including from the United States, the island’s most important international supporter despite the lack of diplomatic ties.
- diplodocus ( @diplodocus@lemmy.sdf.org ) English2•8 months ago
Oh, you’re back from your two month haiatus, @tardigrada@beehaw.org, coincidentally at the very moment that @0x815@feddit.de stopped posting? I called it two weeks ago 😂
@0x815@feddit.de, if you aren’t a paid shill for The Atlantic Council then you’re leaving money on the table: https://feddit.de/u/0x815?sort=New&view=Posts
You seem to have a particular interest in the Uyghurs. Are you Rushan Abbas or Adrian Zenz?
Why did @tardigrada@beehaw.org stop posting two months ago? Is that account yours as well, or did your coworker leave? Was it because the account got permanently banned from !china@lemmy.ml for a pattern of sinophobia? https://beehaw.org/u/tardigrada?sort=New&view=Posts
These two accounts seem the least organic that I’ve seen, aside from spammers. Who besides you has four times as many posts as comments?
Edit to add: I see, feddit.de has been down for the last two days, so you had to switch back to your beehaw.org account.