Speaking at a press briefing in Taipei on Tuesday, July 14, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hsiao Kuang-wei (蕭光偉) said Beijing was expanding its one-China principle to claim the Batanes Islands and seeking to challenge the rules-based international order. (Photo: CNA)
Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry has rejected an assertion by Chinese scholars that the Philippines’ Batanes Islands belong to China, calling it an “unrealistic fantasy” unworthy of comment.