Taiwan: A Moral Challenge for Democratic Countries
Commentary
It has been reported in various media outlets, including The Epoch Times, The Australian, and The Guardian, that Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison mistakenly referred to the “one country, two systems” framework when discussing the Republic of China, better known as Taiwan.
However, since 1972, Australia’s official policy, which has bipartisan support, recognises China’s sovereignty over Taiwan, which is regarded as a renegade province. The joint communiqué between the People’s Republic of China and Australia, signed in the early 1970s, clearly states that the “Australian government does not recognise the ROC [the Republic of China] as a sovereign state and does not regard the authorities in Taiwan as having the status of a national government.”
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Published May 23, 2021, 9:36 AM
Australia and the Philippines are aiming to continue the vision of maintaining an “open, inclusive, stable, prosperous and free” Indo-Pacific in the next 75 years of the bilateral relationship between the two countries, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said over the weekend.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (Twitter/Scott Morrison)
In a video message posted over Twitter, Prime Minster Morrison spoke about Australia and the Philippines’ decades of “shared history” and “great bond” that started seven and a half decades ago shortly after the end of World War 2.
“Our people-to-people links are strong and they’re enduring, as should be for countries that share a home, our Indo-Pacific. We also share a vision of what a home should be – open, inclusive, stable and prosperous, free. That is what we’d worked for over the last 75 years and that is what we will continue to work for together in the next 75 years,” Morr