China's pressure on Turkey over flag issue regrettable: Taiwan officials

A decision by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to remove the Taiwan flag from a thank-you tweet to countries that offered support in the wake of a massive earthquake last Friday was due to pressure from China, which was regrettable, Taiwan officials said Monday.

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