The organization was inaugurated in Brussels in 2016 as a global coalition of mayors committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Six Taiwanese cities at the time joined the coalition as cities in “Taiwan,” the ministry said. The logo of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pictured at the ministry in Taipei in an undated photograph. The nation’s other member cities — Taipei, New Taipei City, Taoyuan, Tainan and Taichung — were also listed as cities in China, it added. When China faces such crises, it looks for scapegoats to help consolidate the legitimacy of its one-party rule, it says.

Source: Taipei Times September 27, 2020 15:56 UTC