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Taiwan's newly inaugurated president William Lai has called on China to stop threatening the island and accept the existence of its democracy.

He urged Beijing to replace confrontation with dialogue, shortly after being sworn in on Monday. 

He also said Taiwan would never back down in the face of intimidation from China, which has long claimed the island as its own. 

China responded by saying, "Taiwan independence is a dead end". 

"Regardless of the pretext or the banner under which it is pursued, the push for Taiwan independence is destined to fail," China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at the daily press briefing on Monday afternoon.

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[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Taiwanese living in Taiwan here. We have been removing Chiang Kai Shek monuments from everywhere because he doesn't represent Taiwan anymore. We are not old China. We are Taiwan.

[–] cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Sure but the tensions between China and the US never went away. You may not have Chiang Kai Shek seeking US support in order to invade the mainland. That much is true. However, the US is still very much interested in keeping Taiwan within its sphere of influence as part of a militaristic strategy of containment aimed at China.

I don’t think the US state department cares much for the welfare of Taiwanese people in all of this. If you have any doubts about how the US operates all you have to do is look at its relationship with Israel today.

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Honestly, Japan and South Korea will be like Estonia with Ukraine.

Xi isn't planning on stopping in Taiwan. They are already aiming for the countries in the south China seas and Korea and Japan.

It's not a Taiwan problem. It's a global problem.

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