TAIPEI: Taiwan condemned Beijing and Moscow on Wednesday for a joint statement that called the self-ruled island an inalienable part of China, accusing Russia of dancing to China's tune. Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for two days of talks this week, and affirming Russia's support for China on Taiwan.
Beijing views the self-ruled and democratic island as its territory and wants to be retaken by force one day.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemns China's authoritarian expansionist government for making false statements in the international arena to belittle and damage our country's sovereignty, said the Taiwanese statement.
It also condemned Russia's attempt to sing and dance to China's tune for its conspiracy of aggression and expansion.