China boasts weaning 9 states away from Taiwan as diplomatic win

China on Thursday boasted that nine countries have switched their diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to Beijing in recent years, calling it a major outcome of its diplomatic "fight" under the leadership of President Xi Jinping.Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said at a press conference held on the sidelines of the ruling Communist Party's key congress that China succeeded in "winning" the nine countries that had diplomatic ties with the self-ruled democratic island that Beijing regards as its own."The international community's adherence to the one-China policy has become more consolidated," …READ FULL ARTICLE