Taiwan condemns China's representative's comments at UN meeting: 'Shameless act' Attendees at a United Nations meeting expressed their condolences regarding the earthquake that occurred off the eastern coast of Taiwan. A Chinese representative said, 'The earthquake occurred in the Taiwan area of ​​China...'' Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned this as 'a shameless act of using the earthquake for international recognition warfare' China has increasingly asserted, at the United Nations and other forums, that the 'One China' principle is widely accepted by the international community.