No reason for China to be upset over Taiwan Night

A country is above all a geographical space, and the 36,000-square-kilometre island of Taiwan is definitely that.
Parliamentarians and other VIPs raise a glass for a toast at Taiwan Night on April 13.
Canadian parliamentarians and cabinet ministers attracted the ire of the Chinese Embassy for attending a reception on April 13 hosted by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Ottawa—although the annual Taiwan Night has been held for 20 years. According to

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