China’s attacks on Joseph Wu unprecedented: MACBy Chen Yu-fu and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerAn attack launched against Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) by China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) has no precedent in the international community, underscoring not only China’s lack of etiquette, but also how far it is from acting as a member of “civilized society,” the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said yesterday. In a lengthy denouncement of Wu late on Thursday, the TAO said that he is a “diehard” supporter of Taiwanese independence who peddles the lie that Taiwan is a sovereign nation. The title and logo of the Mainland Affairs Council are pictured on a wall at its Taipei headquarters in an undated photograph. Beijing is attempting to upset the international order and trying to erroneously link the UN resolution to its “one China” principle, it added. The government urges Beijing to recognize the realities of cross-strait relations and to cease its acts of intimidation, it said.

Source: Taipei Times October 01, 2021 15:56 UTC