China denounces Macron’s ‘unacceptable’ Ukraine-Taiwan analogy
China has condemned French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent remarks, in which he drew a parallel between the dispute over Taiwan and the ongoing Russian military operation in Ukraine.
Macron had linked the war in eastern Ukraine to the question of Taiwan in a speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore Friday night.
If Russian President Vladimir Putin could take Ukrainian territory “without any restrictions, without any constraints … what could happen in Taiwan? What will you do the day something happens in the Philippines?” Macron said.
China’s embassy in Singapore said in a Facebook post on Saturday that these two situations are entirely different and cannot be compared.
“Comparing the Taiwan question with the Ukraine issue is unacceptable,” the embassy said.
“The two are different in nature, and not comparable at all,” the embassy added, accusing Macron of a “double standard,” it added.
China sees Taiwan as an inseparable part of the country, saying it will achieve “national reunification” with the wayward island while warning its officials to refrain from formally declaring independence.
Almost all world countries adhere to the “One-China” principle. However, some Western countries sell arms and maintain informal ties with Taiwan, irking Beijing.
Regarding the former eastern Ukrainian regions, which have voted in separate referendums to join Russia, Moscow says that to end the conflict in Ukraine, Kiev must recognize Russia’s new borders and withdraw its troops from Russian territory.
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