“Such action (People's Republic of China establishing diplomatic relation with Panama) is not only a blatant threat to the Taiwanese people's right to survive but also a blatant provocation to cross-strait and regional peace and stability. We hereby express our serious condemnation.”

—  Joseph Wu

Source: Joseph Wu (2017) cited in " Taiwan denounces China for damaging cross-strait peace http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201706130007.aspx" on Focus Taiwan, 13 June 2017.

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