LIMA — Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan's representative at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum in Lima, said on Saturday (Nov 16) that he greeted China's President Xi Jinping with a wave, but there was no handshake or conversation, a sign of the tensions between Taipei and Beijing.
Taiwan's Apec representative Lin Hsin-i speaks during a news conference on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, in Lima, Peru, Nov 16, 2024.LIMA — Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan's representative at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Lima, said on Saturday that he greeted China's President Xi Jinping with a wave, but there was no handshake or conversation, a sign of the tensions between Taipei and Beijing.
Beijing views the island as its own territory with no right to state-to-state relations. Taiwan's democratically elected government rejects Beijing's sovereignty claims. The lack of interaction with Xi contrasts with the meeting Lin had with US President Joe Biden the previous day, which the Taiwanese delegation described as a "lively" exchange of views.
But in 2022, then 91-year-old Chang had a "very pleasant" and "polite" interaction with Xi at an Apec forum in Bangkok, where Xi asked about Chang's health and Chang congratulated Xi on the success of the Chinese Communist Party's 20th Congress.
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