Fiery speech by the President of Taiwan, emphasizing Undaunted by China

TAIPEI, KOMPAS.com – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Saturday (11/13/2022) said her mission in life is to ensure that the island continues to belong to her people and that Taiwan’s existence is not a provocation by nobody’s.

He said it in the wake of an impassioned pre-election repudiation of China’s attempts to take over Taiwan.

Reported ReutersTaiwan’s local elections on Nov. 26 come a month after Chinese President Xi Jinping, who stepped up military pressure on the democratically ruled island to accept Beijing’s sovereignty, secured a record-breaking third term.

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While voting for mayor and councilors is nominally a domestic matter, Tsai told thousands of cheering supporters at a rally in downtown Taipei that the stakes are much higher.

This is the first time he explicitly mentions China.

Tsai said he had not given up on Xi’s proposal for autonomy under “one country, two systems” Chinese sovereignty.

He believes that under his leadership more and more countries see Taiwan’s democracy and security as the key to peace.

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“I want to tell everyone that the existence of Taiwanese people and the Taiwanese people’s insistence on freedom and democracy is not a provocation to anyone,” he said at a rally for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

“As president, my call is to make every effort for Taiwan to remain Taiwan for the Taiwanese people,” he stressed.

China staged war games near Taiwan in August after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei and has since resumed military activities near it.

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This includes nearly daily fighter crossings of the sensitive midline into the narrow Taiwan Strait.

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