Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mao Ning presided over a regular press conference on January 6. An AFP reporter asked a question that Japanese Senator Ishihira had arrived in Taiwan and claimed that his visit showed that “Taiwan is an independent country.” How did the Ministry of Foreign Affairs respond to this? To this, Mao Ning responded: “Xiao Xiao Ran is not worth mentioning.”

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mao Ning presided over a regular press conference on January 6. An AFP reporter asked a question that Japanese Senator Ishihira had arrived in Taiwan and claimed that his visit showed that “Taiwan is an independent country.” How did the Ministry of Foreign Affairs respond to this? To this, Mao Ning responded: “Xiao Xiao Ran is not worth mentioning.”