NSTworld: “’Taiwan independence’ is a dead end, and it will only bring profound disaster to Taiwan. It will surely be opposed by all Chinese people, including Taiwan compatriots.”
Tsai chose former premier William Lai as her vice-presidential candidate on Sunday, the same day China sailed an aircraft carrier group through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, a move Taipei denounced as attempted intimidation.
In April last year, while premier, Lai told parliament he was a “Taiwan independence worker” and that his position was that Taiwan was a sovereign, independent country. Responding to a question on those remarks, China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one China, and that the country’s “reunification” is not something any force can stop.
Tsai’s main opponent, Han Kuo-yu of the China-friendly Kuomintang party, has described formal independence as being worse than syphilis.
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