China complains to Singapore over armoured vehicles

BEIJING: China has lodged a diplomatic protest with Singapore after a shipment of Singaporean military armoured vehicles being brought back from Taiwan was seized in Hong Kong, Beijing’s foreign ministry said Monday.

Beijing stated its opposition to “any form of official exchanges with Taiwan, including military exchanges and cooperation“, foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters, urging Singapore to “stick to the ‘One China’ principle.”