China irate over Kyiv pro-Taiwan groupDISPUTE BREWING: Beijing is worried Kyiv’s defense against Russia could become a model for Taiwanese resistance against China, Ukrainian lawmaker Inna Sovsun saidBy Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff writer, with CNAThe Chinese embassy in Ukraine attempted to thwart the Ukrainian parliament’s plan to establish a pro-Taiwan group, Newsweek magazine reported on Saturday. Newsweek reported that “a diplomatic dispute is brewing between Ukraine and China” as Beijing lodged a protest against the newly established group at the Ukrainian embassy in China last week. Ukrainian lawmaker Inna Sovsun, another member of the group and a long-term supporter of Taiwan, said that “China is worried Ukraine’s defense against Russia could become a model for Taiwanese resistance against China,” the magazine reported. She said that group members “coordinated the creation of the group through different layers of government” so as not to cause trouble for the executive. What we want from them is not to help Russia,” Sovsun was quoted by Newsweek as saying.

Source: Taipei Times August 30, 2022 04:04 UTC