Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/21
By: Shih Hsiu-chuan
Taipei, Aug. 21 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said Tuesday that
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文, center)
the way China has been pressuring the allies of the Republic of China (Taiwan) into switching diplomatic allegiance to Beijing is tantamount to “infringement on our sovereignty.”
At a press conference, President Tsai called for national unity to “defend the status quo of the ROC (Taiwan),” after her administration announced a decision to sever diplomatic relations with El Salvador because the Central American country was preparing to switch recognition to China.
The loss of Taiwan’s fifth ally since Tsai took office, and the third in the past four months, came one day after she returned from a trip to Paraguay and Belize, during which she made two transit stops in the United States that were seen as a breakthrough in U.S.-Taiwan ties.
At Tuesday’s press conference, Tsai said that as a member of the international community, Taiwan is entitled to a place in the world, and its 23 million people have the same rights to freedom and equality as the peoples of other nations. [FULL STORY]
