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Date: 2018/08/06
By: International Community Radio Taipei (ICRT)

Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons / VOA

President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), addressing an increasingly “overbearing” China, told supporters that Taiwan will not yield an inch to Chinese pressure.

She cited recent incidents such as Taichung losing the right to host the 2019 East Asian Youth Games due to Chinese demands, along with China pressuring Taiwanese actress Vivian Sung (宋芸樺) to apologize for saying Taiwan is her favorite country.

Speaking at a campaign rally for the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Tainan mayoral candidate Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲), Tsai said China’s moves to undermine the morale of the Taiwanese people and disrupt society will fail, no matter how great the pressure.

Tsai also touted her administration’s achievements in domestic affairs at the rally and told supporters the government has not let everyone down, even under very difficult circumstances associated with China’s suppression of Taiwan.
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