CCP's 'historical claim' over Taiwan refuted by Mao Zedong, says Dutch ex-diplomat.
China has been inconsistent on Taiwan's status and its claims are, in fact, a relatively new stance.
I would like to share the contents of the article in The Taiwan News, dated May 6.
In response to recent statements by Chinese officials, a former Dutch diplomat has published a commentary pointing out the glaring historical inconsistencies in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) position on Taiwan’s status over time.
Writing in The Diplomat, Gerrit van der Wees quotes Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe (魏鳳和), who reportedly told U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin last month that “Taiwan is a part of China and no one can change that.”
