China says ‘double standard’ to conflate Taiwan, Ukraine issues
RYAN WOO IT is a "naked double standard" to seek to conflate the issues of Taiwan and Ukraine as the island has always been part of China and is entirely a domestic matter, China's foreign minister said, drawing an angry riposte from Taipei. China claims the democratically governed island as its own territory and has over the past two years increased military pressure against Taiwan, having never renounced the use of force to bring it under Beijing's control. China and Taiwan's governments agree that Taiwan and Ukraine's situations are different, but for different reasons. China says Taiwan has never been…