The more China tells the world that Taiwan isn¡¯t a country, the more Beijing¡¯s adversaries are starting to treat it like one.
Ahead of Taiwan¡¯s National Day on Saturday, Beijing¡¯s embassy in New Delhi was reported to have issued a letter telling India¡¯s media not to refer to it as a country or to Tsai Ing-wen as its president. Indians responded by helping the hashtag #TaiwanNationalDay go viral while banners with the Taiwanese flag were hung outside the Chinese Embassy.
¡°Hats off to friends from around the world this year, #India in particular, for celebrating #TaiwanNationalDay,¡± Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu wrote in a Twitter post on Saturday.
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