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Free Malaysia Today
3 days ago
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- Free Malaysia Today
China bristles at Macron linking Ukraine to Taiwan
The embassy's Facebook post did not mention the French president directly but had a photo of him talking at the event. (AFP pic) SINGAPORE : China on Saturday criticised as a 'double standard' attempts to link the defence of Ukraine with the need to protect Taiwan from a Chinese invasion – a thinly veiled reference to a speech by French President Emmanuel Macron in Singapore on Friday night. As part of a broader address on the risks of division between China and the United States, Macron told the Shangri-La Dialogue defence meeting that if Russia was allowed to take any part of Ukraine without constraint then, 'what could happen in Taiwan?'. In a Facebook post, China's embassy in Singapore said that comparing the Taiwan issue with the Ukraine issue is 'unacceptable'. 'The two are different in nature and not comparable at all,' the post said, saying that Taiwan was entirely an internal affair for China. 'If one tries to denounce a 'double standard' with a double standard, the only result we can get is still a double standard,' the post said. The embassy post did not mention Macron directly but it was accompanied by a photo of him talking at the event. Beijing has previously dispatched defence ministers and other senior military officials to the annual meeting, which ends on Sunday, but this year sent a relatively low-level delegation of military academics. China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory and has stepped up military and political pressure to assert those claims, including increasing the intensity of war games, saying the island is one of its provinces with no right to be called a state. Taiwan's government rejects Beijing's sovereignty claims, saying only the island's people can decide their future. US defence secretary Pete Hegseth told the gathering on Saturday that China posed an 'imminent' threat and any attempt to conquer Taiwan 'would result in devastating consequences for the Indo-Pacific and the world'. Regional diplomats said that Macron's comments were far from isolated during the freewheeling, informal meeting and risks of a Russian victory emboldening a Chinese invasion of Taiwan had at times surfaced in sideline discussions. 'The message from many backing Ukraine is that the line must be held if a message is to be sent to China,' said one East Asian envoy.
Al Arabiya
3 days ago
- General
- Al Arabiya
China bristles at Macron linking Ukraine defense to Taiwan threats
China on Saturday criticized as a 'double standard' attempts to link the defense of Ukraine with the need to protect Taiwan from a Chinese invasion — a thinly veiled reference to a speech by French President Emmanuel Macron in Singapore on Friday night. As part of a broader address on the risks of division between China and the United States, Macron told the Shangri-La Dialogue defense meeting that if Russia was allowed to take any part of Ukraine without constraint, then 'what could happen in Taiwan?' In a Facebook post, China's embassy in Singapore said that comparing the Taiwan issue with the Ukraine issue is 'unacceptable.' 'The two are different in nature and not comparable at all,' the post said, adding that Taiwan was entirely an internal affair for China. 'If one tries to denounce a 'double standard' with a double standard, the only result we can get is still a double standard,' the post said. The embassy post did not mention Macron directly, but it was accompanied by a photo of him talking at the event. Beijing has previously dispatched defense ministers and other senior military officials to the annual meeting, which ends Sunday, but this year sent a relatively low-level delegation of military academics. China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and has stepped up military and political pressure to assert those claims, including increasing the intensity of war games, saying the island is one of its provinces with no right to be called a state. Taiwan's government rejects Beijing's sovereignty claims, saying only the island's people can decide their future. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the gathering on Saturday that China posed an 'imminent' threat and any attempt to conquer Taiwan 'would result in devastating consequences for the Indo-Pacific and the world.' Regional diplomats said that Macron's comments were far from isolated during the freewheeling, informal meeting, and risks of a Russian victory emboldening a Chinese invasion of Taiwan had at times surfaced in sideline discussions. 'The message from many backing Ukraine is that the line must be held if a message is to be sent to China,' said one East Asian envoy.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
China bristles at Macron linking Ukraine defence to Taiwan threats
By Greg Torode SINGAPORE (Reuters) -China on Saturday criticised as a "double standard" attempts to link the defence of Ukraine with the need to protect Taiwan from a Chinese invasion - a thinly veiled reference to a speech by French Emmanuel Macron in Singapore on Friday night. As part of a broader address on the risks of division between China and the United States, Macron told the Shangri-La Dialogue defence meeting that if Russia was allowed to take any part of Ukraine without constraint then "what could happen in Taiwan?". In a Facebook post, China's embassy in Singapore said that comparing the Taiwan issue with the Ukraine issue is "unacceptable". "The two are different in nature and not comparable at all," the post said, saying that Taiwan was entirely an internal affair for China. "If one tries to denounce a 'double standard' with a double standard, the only result we can get is still a double standard," the post said. The embassy post did not mention Macron directly but it was accompanied by a photo of him talking at the event. Beijing has previously dispatched defence ministers and other senior military officials to the annual meeting, which ends Sunday, but this year sent a relatively low-level delegation of military academics. China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory and has stepped up military and political pressure to assert those claims, including increasing the intensity of war games, saying the island is one of its provinces with no right to be called a state. Taiwan's government rejects Beijing's sovereignty claims, saying only the island's people can decide their future. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the gathering on Saturday that China posed an "imminent" threat and any attempt to conquer Taiwan "would result in devastating consequences for the Indo-Pacific and the world". Regional diplomats said that Macron's comments were far from isolated during the freewheeling, informal meeting and risks of a Russian victory emboldening a Chinese invasion of Taiwan had at times surfaced in sideline discussions. "The message from many backing Ukraine is that the line must be held if a message is to be sent to China," said one East Asian envoy. (Reporting By Greg Torode; additional reporting by Fanny Potkin and Jun Yuan Yong)
Reuters
3 days ago
- General
- Reuters
China bristles at Macron linking Ukraine defence to Taiwan threats
SINGAPORE, May 31 (Reuters) - China on Saturday criticised as a "double standard" attempts to link the defence of Ukraine with the need to protect Taiwan from a Chinese invasion - a thinly veiled reference to a speech by French Emmanuel Macron in Singapore on Friday night. As part of a broader address on the risks of division between China and the United States, Macron told the Shangri-La Dialogue defence meeting that if Russia was allowed to take any part of Ukraine without constraint then "what could happen in Taiwan?". In a Facebook post, China's embassy in Singapore said that comparing the Taiwan issue with the Ukraine issue is "unacceptable". "The two are different in nature and not comparable at all," the post said, saying that Taiwan was entirely an internal affair for China. "If one tries to denounce a 'double standard' with a double standard, the only result we can get is still a double standard," the post said. The embassy post did not mention Macron directly but it was accompanied by a photo of him talking at the event. Beijing has previously dispatched defence ministers and other senior military officials to the annual meeting, which ends Sunday, but this year sent a relatively low-level delegation of military academics. China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory and has stepped up military and political pressure to assert those claims, including increasing the intensity of war games, saying the island is one of its provinces with no right to be called a state. Taiwan's government rejects Beijing's sovereignty claims, saying only the island's people can decide their future. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the gathering on Saturday that China posed an "imminent" threat and any attempt to conquer Taiwan "would result in devastating consequences for the Indo-Pacific and the world". Regional diplomats said that Macron's comments were far from isolated during the freewheeling, informal meeting and risks of a Russian victory emboldening a Chinese invasion of Taiwan had at times surfaced in sideline discussions. "The message from many backing Ukraine is that the line must be held if a message is to be sent to China," said one East Asian envoy.
CNN
16-05-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Fareed points out Trump's ‘strange double standard'
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