China’s foreign minister stresses territorial claim over Taiwan

China’s foreign minister stresses territorial claim over Taiwan

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China on Friday doubled down on its claim that Taiwan is part of its territory. Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said at a press conference that Taiwan’s only name in the UN is “Taiwan, Province of China.” He also hit out at Japan, saying that if “Japan caused trouble using Taiwan as a pretext, it’s only shooting itself in the foot.” Taiwan’s foreign minister Lin Chia-lung replied that China was deliberately distorting the meaning of UN resolution 2758, which states that the PRC is the lawful representative of China in the UN, without mentioning Taiwan. He said behind Wang’s comments was legal warfare and hybrid warfare. China hopes to use the law as a basis for annexing Taiwan and also wants to prevent international support for the relatively young democracy.

Wang Yi
Chinese foreign minister
The only name for the Taiwan region in the United Nations is “Taiwan, Province of China.” Taiwan has never been a country. It has never been one in the past, nor will it ever be one in the future.

Lin Chia-lung
Foreign minister
Why is the CCP so proactively distorting Resolution 2758? Because if it interprets Taiwan as part of China, then the Taiwan issue will become an internal issue, the Taiwan Strait will become internal waters and it can then annex Taiwan. Hidden behind this is legal warfare, and behind it hybrid warfare. They will use the law as a basis to annex Taiwan.

Lin, listing examples, noted that not only the European Parliament, but also the US, Japan and other countries have issue statements saying that China has deliberately distorted the meaning of UN resolution 2758 and it is a misinterpretation.

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2758號決議未明確定義台灣主權歸屬中外長王毅:荒謬

2025-03-07

中國外交部長王毅今天(7號)在兩會外交記者會上，被問到台灣主權問題時表示，台灣在聯合國唯一稱謂是「中國台灣省」，更大嗆日本若"借台灣生事、就是給日本找事"。外交部長林佳龍則公開回應，強調中國扭曲2758決議，背後隱藏法律混合戰，中方盼用法律做基礎併吞台灣，想阻止國際對台支持。

[[中國外交部長王毅]]
“台灣地區在聯合國的唯一稱謂，就是中國台灣省。台灣從來不是一個國家，過去不是，今後更絕無可能。”

[[外交部長林佳龍]]
“為什麼中共這麼樣積極，想要去扭曲2758號決議文？是因為如果台灣被它解釋成是中國的一部分，那台灣問題就是內政問題、台海就變成內海，它就可以對台灣併吞，背後隱藏的是法律戰背後的混合戰，他們會用法律做基礎，併吞台灣。”

外交部長林佳龍舉例，不只歐洲議會，美、日等國都曾發聲明強調，中國扭曲2758號決議，錯誤詮釋。

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