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Chinese ambassador to the European Union Zhang Ming urged European Parliament President @DavidSassoli to “leverage” his role to sway opinion on landmark Taiwan vote
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Chinese ambassador to the European Union Zhang Ming urged European Parliament President @DavidSassoli to “leverage” his role to sway opinion on landmark Taiwan vote
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“I hope that you can leverage your role to enable the Parliament to fully appreciate the seriousness and sensitivity of the Taiwan issue and play a positive and constructive role in upholding the political foundation of China-EU relations,” he wrote in a letter dated August 31
He said the report was a “rather negative document” and warned that its recommendations would “constitute serious violations of the one-China principle"
Despite that, the parliament voted 580-26 in favour of adopting its first report on Taiwan today. 
It urges the EU to begin prep for a bilateral investment deal, and recommends the name of the “European Economic and Trade Office in Taiwan” be changed to the “European Union Office in Taiwan” for Taiwan to grt observer status at international institutions inc Interpol and WHO
Shadow rapporteur on the report @katka_cseh: “Pressuring the elected president of the European Parliament is wholly unacceptable and clearly constitutes malign interference that we must not tolerate."
Letter here for reference. Vote has clearly angered China, with mission in Brussels and MOFA spox in Beijing both lashing out today
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