Foreign Ministry Spokesperson’s Remarks on Lai Ching-te’s Travel to Eswatini on its King’s Private Jet

Q: It was reported that Lai Ching-te, leader of the Taiwan region, has arrived in Eswatini on May 2 on the private jet of the King of Eswatini. What is China's comment?

A: Just hours within the Yilan earthquake, Lai Ching-te ditched the people in Taiwan who were still reeling from the disaster and sneaked onto a foreign plane to "smuggle" himself out of the island, squandering taxpayers' money and performing a laughable stunt in front of the world. That just added yet another episode to the scandalous "Taiwan independence" separatism.

The indignified act of Lai Ching-te and his like once again proves that the one-China principle has long been a basic norm in international relations and prevailing international consensus. No matter how the DPP authorities collude with external forces and keep those people in DDP's pay, it will always be a losing cause and nothing will ever change the fact that Taiwan is part of China. No matter how "Taiwan independence" forces try to cover up their nature or change appearance, nothing can save their reputation or help them escape the denunciation of the international community.

We urge Eswatini and some other individual countries to see where the arc of history bends and stop serving as the prop of "Taiwan independence" separatists.