China and South Korea Exchange Protests Over Taiwan and Korean Sovereignty

China and South Korea have exchanged formal protests over the highly sensitive Taiwan question and Korean unity.

“Because the Chinese side’s post-meeting statement included the expression ‘two states’ and this differs from what we think, we raised a serious objection,” Wi said.

South Korea does not recognise North Korea as a separate sovereign state, instead viewing the Korean peninsula as a single territory awaiting reunification.