On August 18, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian presided over a regular press conference. A reporter asked about the establishment of "representative offices" between the Taiwan authorities and Somaliland.
Zhao Lijian said that there is only one China in the world. Taiwan is an inalienable part of China. The one-China principle is the universally recognized norm of international relations and the universal consensus of the international community. China firmly opposes the mutual establishment of official institutions or any form of official exchanges between Taiwan and Somaliland. The DPP authorities "have rushed to the hospital" and attempted to engage in separatist activities in the international arena, and they will never succeed.
(CCTV reporter Zhao Jing Jin Danni)