When attendees at a United Nations meeting expressed their sympathies over the earthquake that occurred off the eastern coast of Taiwan, a representative from China used the expression "a strong earthquake that occurred in the Taiwan area of China" and expressed "thank you." Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned this as ``a shameless act of using the earthquake for international recognition warfare.''
According to China's mission to the UN, at a related meeting of the UN Security Council held on the 3rd, attendees from another country expressed their condolences over the earthquake that occurred off the eastern coast of Taiwan. In response, Geng Shuang, Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, expressed his gratitude for the sympathy and concern from the international community, using the expression ``a strong earthquake that occurred in the Taiwan area of China.''
After this, Bolivia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in South America posted a message on its old Twitter account, ``We express our solidarity with China in the face of the loss of life and serious damage caused by the massive earthquake off the coast of Taiwan.''
In response, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on the 6th that it ``strictly protest against the Bolivian government that follows the authoritarian Chinese government,'' and ``this is a shameless act of using the Taiwanese earthquake for international recognition warfare.'' harshly criticized China.
In recent years, the Chinese government has increasingly asserted, at the United Nations and other forums, that the ``One China'' principle, in which Taiwan is part of China, is widely accepted by the international community.
On the other hand, Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party government has taken the position that ``the Chinese government has never ruled Taiwan and will never be a part of it.''