Democratic Taiwan must not become 'China's Taiwan', president says
Lai said Beijing’s new ethnic unity law could let China target Taiwanese abroad and urged the DPP to defend democracy against pressure.
- On Sunday, President Lai Ching-te urged Democratic Progressive Party members to protect Taiwan's democracy and oppose Beijing's "red terror," warning the island must never become "China's Taiwan."
- Lai warned that China is waging "legal warfare" through a new ethnic unity law, which could provide Beijing a legal basis to prosecute Taiwanese abroad labeled as separatists.
- Reiterating that Taiwan is an independent country, Lai stated its future must be decided jointly by its 23 million people, arguing anyone identifying with Taiwan is a "master of the country."
- Beijing has rebuffed Lai's repeated calls for talks, labeling him a "separatist," while no formal peace treaty has been signed since the government fled to Taiwan in 1949.
- Over the past decade of Democratic Progressive Party government, Lai noted Taiwan has resisted military threats and diplomatic pressure, stating, "Taiwan has shown the world that democracy is not a weakness; democracy is strength.
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