Taiwan

It seems that the theory of Taiwan's "unresolved status" has a self-defeating character in it -- the more you advance it, the less valid it becomes. Japan's de facto ambassador to Taiwan Masaki Saito proclaimed the theory as "the position of the Japanese Government" in a public speech in Chia-yi, only to retract it following a protest by Taiwan's deputy foreign minister, admitting that it was purely his personal view and did not reflect the position of the Japanese Government. A Chinese FM spokesman also expressed "strong dissatisfaction" and said the remarks "contravene the China-Japan Joint Statement".