Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/05/24
By: Shih Hsiu-chuan

Taipei, May 24 (CNA) The recent actions by China to pressure Taiwan reflects Beijing’s

President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文, center), Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德, left) and Presidential Office Secretary-General Chen Chu (陳菊, right)

anxiety and lack of confidence caused by the significant progress Taiwan has made in building economic and security ties with like-minded countries, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said Thursday.

Tsai called an impromptu press conference at 8:50 p.m. Thursday to address the nation after Burkina Faso announced it was cutting diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the second country to switch allegiance to China in a month following the Dominican Republic on May 1.

China has increasingly sought to pressure Taiwan by flying military aircraft around the nation, forcing Taiwan’s diplomatic allies to sever ties and international enterprises to change Taiwan’s designation, preventing Taiwan from attending the World Health Assembly (WHA) and other international organizations, Tsai said.    [FULL  STORY]