Both sides of Taiwan Strait belong to China: Foreign Minister

China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang has told a forum in Shanghai that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to China and that Beijing must uphold that claimed sovereignty.

Qin made the remarks on Friday at the Lanting Forum in Shanghai, where he discussed a wide range of topics from Ukraine to self-ruled Taiwan, where Beijing this month staged three days of war games after the island’s President Tsai Ing-wen met with the speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, in California.