Taiwan’s government rebuked China on Friday for using the Beijing Winter Olympics to assert its sovereignty claims over the island, saying the country had “cast a shadow” over the peaceful spirit of the event to spread “propaganda”. China views self-governed Taiwan as its own territory, and it competes at the Olympics and most other international sports events as “Chinese Taipei” at Beijing’s insistence. Beijing Games spokesperson Yan Jiarong said on Thursday that “There is only one China”, referring to the country’s long-held stance that Taiwan belongs to China. Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said…