• 2 months ago
Taiwan's foreign ministry has accused Beijing of weaponizing the emergency in Lebanon after a Taiwanese national was filmed saying "our motherland is China" after being evacuated.
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00:00China has joined other countries in evacuating citizens from Lebanon as the fighting between
00:04Hezbollah and Israel worsens.
00:07One of China's evacuations included a Taiwanese man.
00:10He had this to say when interviewed by China's state-run media.
00:13We have the same Chinese identity, so I knew that our motherland is China.
00:24But Taiwan's foreign ministry has criticized Beijing, saying it's weaponizing the emergency
00:29to score political points.

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