Historical Claims Collide in the Taiwan Strait
Scholars dispute Beijing’s millennia-old claim of grasp on the island
By: Jens Kastner
China is bending history in its attempts to legitimize its claim to Taiwan, according to Taiwan historians, who say mainlanders traditionally saw the island as a place to avoid. Nonetheless, the latest attempt was a recent letter by Bi Haibo, Minister Counsellor and Spokesman of the Chinese Embassy in the UK, to the Financial Times title…
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