Taiwan will not back down to threats, says VP FMTNews FMTWorld
Taiwan’s vice-president William Lai waves as he is greeted by his supporters upon arriving in New York.
William Lai, also frontrunner to be Taiwan’s next president at January elections, is in the US on what is officially a transit stop on his way to Paraguay for the inauguration of its new president. Paraguay is one of only 13 countries to maintain formal ties with the Chinese-claimed island. In comments at a lunch in New York on Sunday, Lai said that “if Taiwan is safe, the world is safe, if the Taiwan Strait is peaceful, then the world is peaceful”, according to a read out from Taiwan’s presidential office.
China has a particular dislike of Lai, who has previously described himself as a “practical worker for Taiwan independence”, a red line for Beijing which has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control.Lai reiterated in New York that on the basic of dignity and parity he was “very willing” to talk to China and seek peace and stability, following Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s policies.
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