Munich Conference Speech

Taiwan’s foreign minister issued a pointed public rebuttal Sunday to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s address at the Munich Security Conference, accusing Beijing of systematically violating the United Nations principles it claims to champion while conducting military operations that directly threaten regional peace.

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung published his response hours after Wang’s Saturday appearance at the annual security gathering in Bavaria, where the Chinese top diplomat argued that external forces were attempting to “split Taiwan from China,” blamed Japan for rising tensions around the island, and invoked UN Charter principles as the foundation of Beijing’s foreign policy posture.

Lin …