‘PERVERSE LOGIC’: Former AIT director Douglas Paal said China believes that its diplomatic maneuvering should help the KMT, when it actually hurts all Taiwanese
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 22, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA, WASHINGTON
The US Department of State on Friday said that China’s campaign to lure Taiwan’s allies to switch
The national flags of Kiribati, second left, and the Solomon Islands, right, fly outside the Diplomatic Quarter in Taipei, Taiwan, on Sept. 2.
Photo: EPA-EFE/DAVID CHANG
“China’s active campaign to alter the cross-strait status quo, including by enticing countries to discontinue diplomatic ties with Taiwan, are harmful and undermine regional stability,” a department spokesperson said in an e-mail.
“They undermine the framework that has enabled peace, stability and development for decades,” the spokesperson said.
Earlier in the day, Taiwan announced that it was cutting diplomatic ties with Kiribati.
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