Taiwan News
Date: 2019/06/06
By: Chang Kuo-tsai, Taiwan News, Contributing Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) won her sobriquet as
Tsai Ing-wen (CNA photo)
“Spicy Taiwanese Sister” when she flat out rejected the “one country, two systems” framework for Taiwan at an impromptu press conference on January 2, after China President Xi Jinping (習近平) came out in support of the idea the same day.
Tsai’s reaction won praise from plenty of online sources, with people calling her “Spicy Taiwan Sister” (辣台妹). In response, Tsai said, “I am ‘spicy’ because I defiantly stand my ground and voice my opinions.”
Very well-said, but I must admit to having doubts about her statement, “I defiantly stand my ground.”
Perhaps you still remember the historic phone call that Tsai made to the then United States president-elect Donald Trump on December 2, 2016. The truth is that Tsai waited two entire weeks to call Trump after her team was informed that Trump would take her call, according to Stephen J. Yates, a former security advisor to U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney. [FULL STORY]
