Hong Kong mass protests take shine off 'one country, two systems' offer
Nikkei Asian Review
Date: July 18, 2019
By: Katsuji Nakazawa, Nikkei senior staff writer
When Xi Jinping, right, in early January addressed his “compatriots in Taiwan” he could not have foreseen how the island would harden against his proposal for a “one country, two systems” style unification. (Nikkei Montage/ Getty Images/ Reuters)
It is, therefore, alarming that President Tsai Ing-wen rejected outright Xi's views toward the future of Taiwan, doing so while stopping over in New York last week.
"Hong Kong's experience under 'one country, two systems' has shown the world, once and for all, that authoritarianism and democracy cannot coexist," the 62-year-old Taiwanese leader declared during a speech at Columbia University on Friday.
Tsai was transiting, on her way to visit Taiwan's diplomatic allies in Central America and the Caribbean. [FULL STORY]
