China has lodged an official complaint with Japan over the use of official titles to address Taiwanese leaders in condolence messages
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/02/10
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Chinese government seems to be very upset with the way
File Photo of Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang (By Associated Press)
that Japan has acted towards Taiwan in response to the deadly earthquake that occurred on the night of Tuesday, Feb. 6.
To express their displeasure the Chinese Foreign Ministry has lodged an official complaint with the Japanese government for openly attempting “to create -one China, one Taiwan- under the pretext of disaster relief and condolences.”
On Wednesday Feb. 7 the Taiwanese government cordially rejected Beijing’s offer to help with the rescue efforts following the deadly earthquake. The following day, Feb. 8 a highly trained seven man Japanese search and rescue unit arrived on the scene to help.
According to reports at SCMP, the reason the Tsai government accepted the help from the Japanese was because they came bearing top of the line life detection units that could effectively aid in the search efforts. [FULL STORY]