‘FACE REALITY’: The cross-strait situation could benefit both sides if Beijing heeds international ideals, but if it does not, China would face the consequences, Lai said
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 28, 2018
By: Lee Hsin-fang, Chen Yu-fu, Lu Yi-hsuan, Huang Wei-chu and She / Staff reporters, with staff writer
China’s suppression of Taiwan would have the opposite effect and China would
Premier William Lai speaks during an interview with the Chinese-language Liberty Times (the Taipei Times’ sister newspaper) on Thursday in Taipei. Photo: Peter Lo, Taipei Times
suffer the consequences of its actions, Premier William Lai (賴清德) said in an interview with the Liberty Times (sister newspaper of the Taipei Times) published yesterday.
China has poached diplomatic allies, stopped the nation from participating in the World Health Assembly, pressured international airlines into changing how they refer to Taiwan and prevented Taichung from hosting the East Asian Youth Games, Lai said.
China has an excuse every time, but its real purpose is to suppress the government’s authority, attack morale and force Taiwan to accept its “one China” principle, he said.
No matter what considerations China has taken into account, these moves would have the opposite effect, he said. [FULL STORY]
