Taiwan has announced it will for the first time skip a major World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting after a dispute with host nation Cameroon over how the island was identified on official documents.<\/p>\n
The 14th WTO Ministerial Conference, set for March 26\u201129 in Yaound\u00e9, was to include representatives from members around the world, but Taiwan\u2019s delegation will not attend.<\/p>\n
Taipei\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday it lodged a \u201cstern protest\u201d after Cameroon issued visa paperwork labeling Taiwan as \u201cTaiwan, Province of China\u201d a designation the democratic island strongly rejects as undermining its status and dignity.<\/p>\n
Taiwan has been a member of the WTO since 2002 under the name \u201cSeparate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Chinese Taipei),\u201d but Beijing\u2019s insistence on the one\u2011China principle continues to limit how it is described internationally.<\/p>\n
China\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian reiterated that Taiwan is \u201can inalienable part of China\u201d and said participation in international organisations must follow the one\u2011China policy. Lin accused Taiwan\u2019s current authorities of political manipulation and urged that their push for formal independence would fail.<\/p>\n
The WTO declined to comment on the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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