Taiwan News  
Date: 2018/04/19
By: Chang Kuo-tsai, Taiwan News, Contributing Writer

There are few people active in politics today who are consistent from start to finish in

Premier William Lai. (By Central News Agency)

what they say. One member of that rare breed is Premier William Lai (賴清德). No matter whether he was running for election to the National Assembly, questioning government officials at the Legislative Yuan, visiting China, or answering questions at the Tainan City Council when he was mayor, Lai has always been consistent in his mentioning of Taiwan Independence.

Even though his Taiwan Independence principles are right, they have not been a Bible that he has stuck to rigidly without any change or variation. After he took office as premier last September, Lai responded to questions from lawmakers with the phrases “Taiwan is a sovereign and independent nation, and its name is the Republic of China” and “we hope that any country can face up to the reality of the Republic of China’s existence.”

Taiwan supporters overseas, who can be considered even more pro-Taiwan than the country’s president or premier, wondered why, if Taiwan was just Taiwan, there still needed to be a mention of the Republic of China? Why not just say “we hope that any country can face up to the reality of Taiwan’s existence?”    [FULL  STORY]