Taiwan’s government denounced the timing of the China-Russia partnership on the eve of the Beijing Winter Olympics, calling it an “insult“ to the Olympic spirit that should be held “in contempt” by democratic countries, its foreign ministry said on Friday.
Taiwan, a self-ruled island Beijing claims as its own, asserted that the Chinese Communist Party appears to have utilized the Russian summit to expand authoritarianism at a time when the world is focused on the Winter Olympics.
