Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-10-10

Lawmakers representing each of Taiwan’s main political parties weighed in Tuesday on President Tsai Ing-wen’s National Day speech.

In her speech, Tsai said that Taiwan will not return to a confrontational stance when it comes to cross-strait ties. She said, though, that Taiwan will not give in to cross-strait pressure either. Tsai called for both sides of the Taiwan Strait to treasure the results of 30 years of interaction.

A lawmaker from the president’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Liu Chao-hao, praised the speech. He said it was a speech befitting of a head of state. Liu said that cross-strait ties must proceed along equal, mutually beneficial, and respectful lines. He also said that Taiwan has shown goodwill toward Beijing, and that Beijing must respond in kind before there can be a breakthrough in the cross-strait deadlock.
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