Taiwan Closely Monitoring China-Vatican Exchanges

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Taiwan's foreign minister has said he's closely monitoring exchanges between China and the Vatican City after Beijing officially recognized the authority of a Catholic bishop.

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00:00Taiwan's foreign minister says he's monitoring apparent deepening ties between China and

00:04the Vatican City.

00:05Taiwan's foreign minister says he's monitoring apparent deepening ties between China and

00:06the Vatican City.

00:07We closely monitor the interaction between the Vatican and China.

00:10We also closely cooperate with the Vatican on religion and freedom, and the human rights

00:19issues.

00:20There are a lot of exchanges between us.

00:22There are 200,000 to 300,000 believers, which is why we are the most solid backer in diplomacy.

00:29His comments come after Beijing officially recognized the authority of a Catholic bishop

00:34in China, who was previously under house arrest.

00:37The Vatican celebrated the decision, calling it the positive fruit of dialogue between

00:42the Holy See and Beijing.

00:43The move has prompted concerns that the Holy See could switch diplomatic ties from Taiwan

00:48to China.

00:50Vatican City is one of only 12 countries that maintains official diplomatic ties with Taiwan,

00:56and the only one in Europe.

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