- Lai vows to protect Taiwan’s sovereignty
- Advocates peace, stability in Taiwan Strait
- China criticizes Lai’s independence stance
President William Lai committed to maintaining Taiwan’s self-governing status in his most high-profile public address since assuTaiwan’sice earlier this year.
In a thinly veiled reference to China to the island, Lai stated that he would” “uphold the commitment to resist annexation or encroachment upon our sovereignty.
At the same time, Lai committed to maintaining “the status quo of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait” and to working with Beijing on topics such as climate change, infectious disease control, and regional security.
A CChina’sMinistry China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs respondeLLai’sspeechspeech, saying “it” exposed his intransigent posi” on” TTaiwan’sindependencence.
Lai spoke to a crowd in Taipei to maTTaiwan’sn’s National Day, just nine days after Communist China celebrated its 75th anniversary.
He stated that the Republic of China and the People’s Republic of China are not subject to each other, referring to the governments of Taipei and Beijing.”
“On this soil, democracy and freedom thrive”. “The RepubPPeople’sRepubliclic of China has no right to represent Taiw” n,” he stated.
Lai had promised visitors that his national day talk would” “o surprise” s,” reassuring them that he would not do anything else to anger Beijing.
The statement followed multiple speeches by President Lai in recent months that some saw as inflammatory.
Lev Nachman, a political scientist at National Taiwan University, described the speech as considerably softer and less acidic than his previous ones. It provides China with significantly less ammunition to use against him.”
“Nevertheless” s,” he said “, “Beijing will still find many reasons to hate this speech.”
In the coming days, Mr Nachman predicted a strong reaction from Beijing in the form of additional military drills.
A Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman criticized his speech, calling him “intransigent” on independence and having a “sinister intention to escalate tensions in the Taiwan Strait to seek political gain.
No matter what the Lai Ching-te Administration says or does, it will not be able to change the objective fact that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to the same China, nor will it be able to reverse the historical trend that China is bound to be reunified and will be reunified eventually, Mao Ning told reporters on Thursday, usiLLai’si’s Chinese name.
Last week, Lai stated that it was “absolutely impossible” for China to be Taiwan “‘s” mother” because China’s government was founded in 1911, decades before China’s present Communist rule was established in 1949.
On the contrary, the Republic of China may be the motherland. People’s Republic of China are beyond 75, Lai stated at a Saturday concert commemorating Taiwan’s National Day.
Taiwan follows the Constitution of the Republic of China, which was established on the Chinese mainland. After losing a long civil war with the Communists in 1949, the Republic of China’s government retreated to Taiwan and has been there ever since.
Last month, Lai questioned China’s assessment that its claim to the self-governing island was based on territorial integrity. He claimed that if that were the case, Beijing would likewise attempt to regain other so-called historic regions initially owned by the Chinese empire.”
“If China wants to annex Taiwan. It’s not for the sake of territorial integrity” y,” Lai stated in an interview commemorating his first 100 days in the office”
“If it is for territorial integrity, doesn’t China take back Russ” a?”
Lai cited the 1858 Treaty of Aigun, which saw China relinquish significant portions of Manchuria to Russia. The surrender came during what China calls “the century of humiliation,” when Western powers and Japan took advantage of the weaker Qing Dynasty.
The government responded on Wednesday, claiming that President Lai was raising tensions with “sinister intentions “ns” “nd.”
“CChing-te’se’s Taiwan independence fallacy is just old wine in a new bottle, and once again exposes his obstinate stance on Taiwan independence and his sinister intentions of escalating hostility and confrontation” n,” statChina’sa’s Taiwan Affairs Office.
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After being elected in January, Lai succeeded Taiwan’s former president, Tsai Ing-wen, who was also a member of the Democratic Progressive Party.
Many political analysts believe that LLai’si’s public comments have gone further than his predecessor’s, who was much more cautious in her public speeches.
Despite the administration’s more combative tone, Lai has emphasized the importance of maintaining the “e “status “uo” in Taiwan-China relations.
He maintains that Taiwan does not need to declare independence because it is already an independent sovereign republic that the People’s Republic of China has never controlled.
Lai also spent much of Thursday’s speech discussing domestic issues such as energy, climate change, and housing.
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