Tsai Ing-wen says China’s plans for Taiwan offer neither freedom nor democracy and the island will continue to build its defences
Taiwan will continue to bolster its defences to ensure it is not forced to accept the path laid down by China, which offers neither freedom nor democracy, president Tsai Ing-wen has said on the island’s national day.
A day earlier China’s president, Xi Jinping, vowed to realise “peaceful reunification” with Taiwan and did not directly mention the use of force. Still, he got an angry reaction from Taipei, which said only Taiwan’s people can decide their future.