Friday, May 15, 2026 - China has reaffirmed its commitment to the One-China principle, stating that Taiwan is not a sovereign nation but an inseparable part of Chinese territory.
Counselor at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Nigeria, Dong Hairong, made this known on Thursday at a Media Salon held in Abuja by the Centre for China Studies and the Centre for Contemporary ChinChina has reaffirmed its commitment to the One-China principle, stating that Taiwan is not a sovereign nation but an inseparable part of Chinese territory.
Counselor at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China
in Nigeria, Dong Hairong, made this known on Thursday at a Media
Salon held in Abuja by the Centre for China Studies and the Centre for
Contemporary China-Africa Research.
Hairong reiterated that recent developments involving Taiwan
showed the need for greater international understanding of the Taiwan question
and China’s territorial position.
She cited the recent visit of Taiwan regional leader, Lai
Ching-te, to Eswatini, as well as a reported engagement between some Nigerian
journalists and Taiwanese officials, as examples of what she described as
attempts to advance separatist narratives.
“Taiwan has been an inalienable part of Chinese territory
since ancient times,”
“Taiwan has never been a country, was never one and will
never be,” Dong said..
On his part, Convener of The Alternative Movement, Otunba
Segun Showunmi, stated that Nigeria should deepen strategic cooperation with
China, noting that Beijing had emerged as a major global economic and
technological power.
Showunmi said Nigeria stood to gain more from stronger ties
with China than from separate engagements with Taiwan.
“In another 100 years, what Nigeria will gain from a firm
relationship with China, Taiwan will not be able to provide in 1,000 years,” he
said.
Also speaking, Provost of the Anti-Corruption Academy of
Nigeria and Director of the Centre for China-Africa Research, Prof. Ghali
Ibrahim, said the One-China principle had gained broad global recognition
because Taiwan lacked the legal status of a sovereign state.
“Taiwan is not an independent sovereign entity but rather a
territory that is part of China,” he said. a-Africa Research.
Hairong reiterated that recent developments involving Taiwan
showed the need for greater international understanding of the Taiwan question
and China’s territorial position.
She cited the recent visit of Taiwan regional leader, Lai
Ching-te, to Eswatini, as well as a reported engagement between some Nigerian
journalists and Taiwanese officials, as examples of what she described as
attempts to advance separatist narratives.
“Taiwan has been an inalienable part of Chinese territory
since ancient times,”
“Taiwan has never been a country, was never one and will
never be,” Dong said..
On his part, Convener of The Alternative Movement, Otunba
Segun Showunmi, stated that Nigeria should deepen strategic cooperation with
China, noting that Beijing had emerged as a major global economic and
technological power.
Showunmi said Nigeria stood to gain more from stronger ties
with China than from separate engagements with Taiwan.
“In another 100 years, what Nigeria will gain from a firm
relationship with China, Taiwan will not be able to provide in 1,000 years,” he
said.
Also speaking, Provost of the Anti-Corruption Academy of
Nigeria and Director of the Centre for China-Africa Research, Prof. Ghali
Ibrahim, said the One-China principle had gained broad global recognition
because Taiwan lacked the legal status of a sovereign state.
“Taiwan is not an independent sovereign entity but rather a
territory that is part of China,” he said.
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