Australia: Chinese exit over Taiwan

BOUNDARIES: The ALP’s decision to make it clear Taiwanese officials could stay was the right response and parties are not bound by Australia’s ‘one China’ policy, an expert said By Fion Khan / Staff writer, with CNA Add TT as Preferred Source Chinese diplomats on Thursday walked out of the Australian Labor Party’s (ALP) national conference after complaining about the presence of Taiwanese officials, the Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) reported.Three Chinese diplomats observing the conference approached ALP National Secretary Paul Erickson and demanded that two officials from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia — Taiwan’s de facto embassy — be removed from the venue, the report said.The Taiwanese officials were attending as general observers rather than as “international