Taiwan's foreign ministry has rejected Beijing's position that World War II-era documents like the Cairo Declaration and Potsdam Proclamation established Taiwan as Chinese territory, insisting instead on the Treaty of San Francisco. That agreement saw Japan renounce all rights to Taiwan but did not specify who Taiwan would be given to.
00:00Taiwan's foreign ministry is slamming China for using World War II era documents to argue that Taiwan is a part of China.
00:30That was in response to comments from Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who claimed that World War II era documents like the Cairo Declaration and the Postum Proclamation established Taiwan as part of China.
00:44Many countries do not recognize those documents, instead recognizing the San Francisco Peace Treaty.
00:49That agreement saw Japan renounce all rights to Taiwan and Penghu after it surrendered in the war.
00:55But that treaty did not specify who they would be given to.
00:58The U.S. says none of these documents decided Taiwan's legal status.
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