"Taiwan is our Jerusalem." China may not see eye-to-eye with Israel on many issues--and not even on Jerusalem as Israel's undivided capital--but they do know where Israel is coming from.
from May 14th, 2010, on Al Jazeera (Google Translation):
A dispute on Jerusalem between the Chinese and the Arab delegation, attending the fourth session of the Ministerial Meeting of China-Arab Cooperation Forum in the port city of Tianjin. The dispute erupted after Chinese officials refused to sign a joint document with the delegation, which includes the Arab Foreign Ministers, East Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian state. According to Al Jazeera's correspondent in China, Ezzat Shahrour that the Arab delegation was surprised at the last minute when Chinese officials refused to sign the document, despite all the efforts that have been made at the last minute in order to contain the situation.
it has been a long time since I have seen a new angle on the Middle East
