Beijing fumes over latest foreign visit to Taiwan

A trip to Taipei by Canadian lawmakers “grossly interfered” in China’s internal affairs, Beijing said

The Chinese government has condemned a recent visit to Taiwan by Canadian MPs, demanding that Ottawa cease direct diplomatic ties with the island and respect its territorial claims.

In a statement issued to the Globe and Mail on Thursday, China’s embassy in Canada denounced a trip to Taiwan by Liberal lawmaker Judy Sgro and other members of the ‘Canada-Taiwan Parliamentary Friendship Group,’ which began last Sunday.

“China has consistently and firmly opposed any form of official exchanges between the Taiwan region and countries having diplomatic ties with China,” it said, adding that the visit “blatantly violates the one-China principle, grossly interferes in China’s internal affairs and sends a seriously wrong signal to the ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces.”

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