China belatedly disclosed that it had complained to the South Korean ambassador to China regarding President Yoon Seok-yeol's statement that he opposes changing the status quo in the Taiwan Strait by force.

After President Yun's remarks, he belatedly made public the fact of the protest after his rhetoric that "we do not allow speech" and the use of harsh last-minute language such as "Anyone who plays with fire in the Taiwan issue will surely be burned to death."

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed on its website in the early morning of today (23rd) that Deputy Foreign Minister Sun Weidong had raised strict negotiations with Ambassador Chung Jae-ho over the South Korean leader's erroneous remarks on Taiwan issues in accordance with the order of 20 March.

Earlier, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a regular briefing on 21 March that South Korea had raised "strict negotiations," meaning protests through diplomatic channels, but no details were disclosed at the time.

In particular, China used the phrase "on order" to disclose the facts of the protests, saying that China had invited the U.S. ambassador to China or raised strict negotiations during the U.S. House of Representatives Speaker's visit to Taiwan (last August) and the U.S.-China balloon conflict (February).

According to an announcement published on its website, Sun referred to President Yun's remarks and said, "This statement is simply unacceptable, and the Chinese side expresses grave concern and strong dissatisfaction."

"There is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is an indivisible part of China's territory," he said, adding, "The Taiwan issue is purely China's internal affairs and the core of China's core interests. Resolving the Taiwan issue is China's own business, and it will never allow any outside force to interfere or interfere."

He emphasized his previous position that the root cause of tensions in the Taiwan Strait situation was that the independent forces in Taiwan carried out divisive activities with the support and neglect of outside forces.

"The South Korean leader compared the Taiwan issue to the Korean peninsula issue without mentioning a word about the 'one China' principle," Sun said, asserting that "North Korea and the Republic of Korea are both sovereign countries that have joined the United Nations, and the Korean peninsula issue and the Taiwan issue are completely different in nature and circumstance, so there is no comparison."