Chinese FM Criticizes Taiwan's New President

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi labeled Taiwan's new President Lai Ching-te as 'disgraceful,' escalating Beijing's rhetoric. The comments were made during a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Kazakhstan.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called Taiwan's newly-inaugurated President Lai Ching-te "disgraceful" on Tuesday, stepping up Beijing's rhetoric just a day after he took office.

"The ugly acts of Lai Ching-te and others who betray the nation and their ancestors is disgraceful," China's foreign ministry cited Wang as saying at a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Kazakhstan.