Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/02/04
By: Shih Hsiu-chuan and Leaf Jiang

Taipei, Feb.4 (CNA) Taiwanese officials and lawmakers are calling on the administration of

United States President Donald Trump/CNA file photo

United States President Donald Trump to step up its support for Taiwan amid increasing political pressure by China, according to a U.S. media report.

In a report datelined Taipei, Politico said on Feb. 2 that Taiwanese officials have been pleading for Trump’s protection against Beijing’s bullying, on grounds that Beijing has stepped up its campaign of political and military intimidation against Taipei during Trump’s first year in office.

China has a big strategy to exercise more political pressure on Taiwan and its goal is to “internally try to divide Taiwan, divide our society,” Chang Hsiao-yueh (張小月), head of Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council, was quoted as saying in the report.    [FULL  STORY]