India rejects China`s directive to Indian media on Taiwan coverage |
Once again taking a firm stand against China, India In a clear dismissal of China`s directives to Indian media on coverage of Taiwan`s national day, has said that it cannot curb the freedom of the press and that it reports on the issues as it deems fit. This was in response to an email by the Chinese embassy in New Delhi advising Indian journalists on covering the national day of Taiwan, saying all countries having diplomatic ties with Beijing should “firmly honor" the One-China policy. The Indian dismissal of China`s directives to the Indian press came a day after Taiwan`s foreign minister Joseph Wu in a Twitter post on Wednesday slammed the Chinese move. The “do and don`ts” to be observed while covering Taiwan`s national day were emailed to Indian journalists on Wednesday by the Chinese embassy in New Delhi. The embassy referred to the “so-called forthcoming `National Day of Taiwan`" and said it “would like to remind" the Indian press that “there is only one China in the world and the Government of the People`s Republic of China is the sole legitimate government representing the whole of China." “Taiwan is an inalienable part of China`s territory...All countries that have diplomatic relations with China should firmly honor their commitment to the One-China policy, which is also the long-standing official position of the Indian government," the email had said. India and Taiwan established representative trade offices in New Delhi and Taipei in the 1990s but they do not have formal diplomatic relations.
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