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Taipei, March 16 (CNA) Former Munich Security Conference Chair Christoph Heusgen has urged global democracies to stand united to preserve the rules-based international order, given the challenges posed by the People's Republic of China (PRC) to Taiwan and the world.
In an address delivered at a dinner during the annual Yushan Forum, Heusgen said the PRC, Taiwan's large neighbor, "is a challenge" as it repeatedly shows no respect for the rules-based international order.
The PRC's suppression of the Muslim minority of Uyghurs and the minority in Tibet, and its constant coercion against Taiwan and Japan -- including threats to use force -- are clear violations of the charter of the United Nations, he said.
"I would say all countries that share these democratic values and human rights, and that subscribe to the rules-based order, have to stick together," argued Heusgen, who served as Germany's ambassador to the United Nations from 2017 to 2021 before chairing the ...
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