Tsai: Taiwan will not bow to China

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 23 September, 2019
By: Natalie Tso

President Tsai Ing-wen says that Taiwan will not bow to pressure from China. Her comments came on

Monday at the Presidential Office. She was speaking with French National Assemblyman Jean-Francois Cesarini, who is the chair of the assembly’s Taiwan-France Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Tsai said that Taiwan and France are both concerned about the anti-extradition movement in Hong Kong. Twenty members of the French National Assembly recently signed an open letter calling on Beijing to replace violence with dialogue and to face the people’s demands for democracy. Tsai said this shows that Taiwan and France share the values of freedom and democracy. She said Taiwan is a beacon for democracy, and that with the support of friends, Taiwan can continue to light up the world.
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