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Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the popularity of mainland Chinese cuisine in Taiwan proves that the island belongs to Beijing. By Published A spokeswoman for China’s Foreign Ministry sparked a typhoon of online teasing, following an overnight tweet in which she used shopping malls to assert Beijing’s claim to Taiwan. “Baidu Maps shows that there are 38 Shandong dumpling restaurants and 67 Shanxi noodle restaurants in Taipei,” spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on social media on Sunday. “Palaces don’t cheat. #Taiwán has been part of China. The long-lost child will eventually return home,” he added. Hua’s tweet comes at the...
