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The British parliament has for the first time referred to Taiwan as an "independent country" in an official document, breaking a political taboo as Foreign Secretary James Cleverly visits China this week.

The new language, adopted in a report published Wednesday by the influential foreign affairs committee of the House of Commons, risks a stinging backlash from Beijing and comes as Cleverly becomes the first top British envoy to visit Beijing in five years amid a frosty relationship.

Beijing has long denied Taiwan's statehood, insisting the self-governing democratic island is part of its territory. Only 13 countries around the world recognize Taipei instead of Beijing diplomatically.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's worth pointing out that James Cleverly is the most inappropriately named person ever.

I wouldn't put it past them to have just accidentally released that document without thinking about the consequences.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

May have been accidental, but it's also possible that his department is trolling him, like the transport guys when they restricted travel from Spain to the UK just as soon as their boss, then Transport Secretary Grant Shapps arrived there on holiday.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

He's also the MP for Braintree in Essex. He's the definitive disproof of the nominative determinism hypothesis if I've ever seen one!