TAIPEI: China on Monday invoked Germany's "painful" history in slamming a visit by a high-ranking German parliamentary delegation to Taiwan, in an apparent reference to the Central European country's wartime record.
German Member of Parliament Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (left) shakes hands with You Si-kun, speaker of Taiwan’s legislature, at the Parliament House in the capital Taipei on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY PHOTO VIA AFP
TAIPEI: China on Monday invoked Germany's "painful" history in slamming a visit by a high-ranking German parliamentary delegation to Taiwan, in an apparent reference to the Central European country's wartime record.