Taiwan said on Monday the European Union had stepped in to help after a global alliance of mayors stopped referring to Taiwanese cities as part of China, in a rare win for the island amid growing Chinese pressure. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Taiwan was an inalienable part of Chinese territory. No EU member states have diplomatic ties with Taiwan, and the EU itself tends to keep a low profile when it comes to Taiwan, wary of upsetting China, its second-largest trading partner. In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Taiwan was an inalienable part of Chinese territory. "Cities in the Taiwan region certainly should be listed as Chinese," he told reporters.

Source: CBC News September 28, 2020 14:48 UTC