Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/05/19
By: Joseph Yeh
Taipei, May 19 (CNA) Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) criticized China’s
Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) / CNA file photo
state-run media Sunday after it downgraded Taiwan’s sovereign status by describing Taiwan as part of China in a tweet about its decision Friday to legalize same-sex marriage.
The People’s Daily, the largest newspaper group in China, in a Saturday English-language tweet, said that “local lawmakers in #Taiwan, China, have legalized same-sex marriage in a first for Asia, according to local media reports.”
In response, Wu rebutted the comments, stressing that Taiwan is not part of the People’s Republic of China.
“WRONG! The bill was passed by our national parliament & will be signed by the president soon. Democratic #Taiwan is a country in itself & has nothing to do with authoritarian #China,” he tweeted. [FULL STORY]
