Although junior British ministers hold talks with Taiwanese counterparts, the convention was that senior British ministers do not meet Taiwanese officials. Read more at straitstimes.com.
a meeting last week between Britain’s security minister, Tom Tugendhat, and Taiwan’s digital minister,Reuters reported on Friday that Mr Tugendhat, the Minister of State for Security, had met the Taiwanese Digital Affairs Minister Audrey Tang on Wednesday during a rare high-level ministerial trip to Britain. One source said they had discussed mutual security interests.
“This move seriously violates the one-China principle and the basic norms of international relations,” a spokesman for the Chinese embassy in London said in a statement.
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