NEW AGE: The former president said Taiwanese can be identified not by looking at their descent, but by asking if they love Taiwan, put it first and identify with democratic values
Taipei Times
Date: Mar 11, 2018
By: Peng Wan-hsin and Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The nation should be careful about China’s incentives for Taiwanese, as they could further
Former president Lee Teng-hui, center, smiles as he arrives at the Taiwan United Nations Alliance’s eighth membership meeting in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA
bolster China’s sovereignty claims over Taiwan, former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) said at the Taiwan United Nations Alliance’s eighth membership meeting yesterday.
China is using its benefits for Taiwanese to drain Taiwan’s talent and economic competitiveness, Lee said, adding that if the nation’s economy were to lose its autonomy and ability to develop, its democratic system would become a hotbed for China legitimizing its claims to sovereignty over Taiwan.
China is already blocking Taiwan’s international development through investments and purchases all over the world, Lee said.
It is attempting to turn the “Taiwan problem” into an internal issue and block interactions between Taiwan and other countries, he said. [FULL STORY]
