Taiwan Slams Bolivia for Quake Solidarity With China

Post by Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (aka JW) blasting the Bolivian government for expressing condolences to the Chinese government over the recent earthquake in Taiwan.

Taiwan’s foreign minister lashed out at Bolivia on Saturday for expressing solidarity with China following an earthquake that struck the island Beijing views as its own.

At least ten people were killed and more than 1,100 injured by the magnitude 7.2 quake that struck Taiwan on Wednesday, with strict building codes and widespread disaster readiness credited with averting a bigger catastrophe.

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