"NHK: The UN Security Council held an urgent meeting on the referendums on joining Russia in eastern and southern Ukraine. What is China’s position on this?"

Wang Wenbin: Let me first reiterate China’s long-standing position that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries must be respected, that the purposes and principles of the UN Charter must be observed, that the legitimate security concerns of all countries must be taken seriously, and that all efforts conducive to the peaceful settlement of crises must be supported. On the Ukraine issue, China always stands on the side of peace and has been committed to promoting peace talks. We are ready to work with the international community and continue to play a constructive part in deescalating the situation.

The Security Council, as the core of the international collective security mechanism, needs to make full use of the mediation tools provided for in the UN Charter and steer the situation in the right direction of ending the fighting and promoting dialogue. The Council needs to take constructive and responsible actions in particular to accumulate conditions and open up space for a political resolution.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (13 children)

You could read this as "China’s long-standing position that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries must be respected (breakaway regions held a referendum to join Russia, that must be respected)", but it's very hard to read it that way when you consider the case of Taiwan

[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

You know, Spain and the entire EU has been going on real hard about Taiwan lately, maybe they should address things like... Catalonia.

Or the UK with Northern Ireland.

Or the US with Hawai'i, oh but it's only the Indigenous Hawaiians that want independence so who cares. Same with Alaska, go and ask any Inuit community if they like being an oil state or not. Actually, ask any Indigenous people in the US if they like being in the US. Same with Canada, Australia, New Zealand.

Call it whataboutism all you want, but I'm one of those weird people who think that there's something to be said about if you accuse another country of human rights abuses, whether they're true or not, maybe you shouldn't do the exact same thing. It's kind of like you're accusing someone of killing people while jamming a knife into someone else's chest, is that whataboutism?

Hint, both Taiwan and HK are much more independent from Mainland China than Catalonia, Northern Ireland, Hawai'i, or Alaska, or any Indigenous nation, from their respective ruling countries.

[–] facebita@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Peoples != regions. China is an imperialistic and terroristic state/regime as well as Russia. Both are ignoring fundamental principals of human rights and hide their true face by lies in words of so called »international law« and »UN principals«.

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