In news from and about Taiwan this morning,

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is insisting that Taiwan remains a full APEC
member.

It comes after China's Taiwan Affairs Office said Taiwan's participation in
the forum is conducted under the "one-China principle."

China is hosting this year's APEC events.

Office spokesperson Zhang Han told reporters in Beijing that it will handle
Taiwan's participation in APEC meetings in accordance with the "one-China
principle" and related APEC memorandums of understanding and practices.

The foreign ministry here in Taipei says Taiwan formally became a full APEC
member economy in 1991 under the name "Chinese Taipei" through the signing of
an accession MOU ...

.. and text of that agreement did not refer to any "one-China principle" and
made it clear that Taiwan would participate in APEC on an equal footing with
all other member economies.

The ministry is also calling on Beijing to "fulfill its duties and
commitments as APEC host in accordance with APEC guidelines, standards, and
practices," and to guarantee Taiwan's equal, dignified participation in this
year's APEC activities in China.