TAIPEI: The government of the Republic of China has reacted with anger to China’s recent enactment of a new security law, saying that Taiwan’s inclusion in the law adopted by Beijing on July 1 is “improper and unacceptable.”

“The ROC is a sovereign state outside the scope of mainland Chinese internal affairs,” Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Minister Andrew Hsia stressed during a news conference shortly after the announcement of the new law. “The government’s publicly-supported mainland China policy is to maintain the status quo in accordance with the ROC Constitution, as well as the principles of no unification, no independence and no use of force.”

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