China has insisted that India follows the One China principle and has objected to Indian tv channell airing interview of Taiwanese head of foreign office, Jaushieh Joseph Wu.
We urge the relevant Indian media to take a correct stance on issues of core interests concerning China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, adhere to the one-China principle, not to provide platform for “Taiwan independence” forces, and avoid sending wrong messages that are totally against basic common sense to mislead the public, stated China in a press release.
But then even as India has formally not reacted to this objection, Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs jumped in to say, “Neither India and Taiwan is part of the PRC & we’re not its puppets. We’re both democracies with free & vibrant presses that can’t be dictated to. Beijing should worry about its own econ slump, not bullying its neighbors.”
India is also building up resilient supply chains with the help of other nations including those from Quad. Though India has working relationship with China, it is strengthening its ties with Taipei including supplying human resource for the island nation.