Lai Ching-te is \u201cpropagating separatist fallacies\u201d while selling out to foreign powers, officials have said<\/p>\n
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te is selling himself out to foreign powers to advance separatism in the self-ruled island, officials in Beijing have said.
\nIn an interview with the conservative US radio program \u2018The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show\u2019 on Monday, Lai reiterated that he sees Taiwan as an independent country and not part of China, stressing that Beijing has no right to invade the island. He also argued that US President Donald Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize if he convinces Chinese President Xi Jinping to permanently renounce the use of force against Taiwan.\u00a0
\nIn response, China\u2019s Taiwan Affairs Office called Lai\u2019s remarks \u201cnonsense\u201d and accused him of \u201cpropagating the separatist fallacies of \u2018Taiwan independence.\u2019\u201d\u00a0
\n\u201cHe has engaged in unprincipled foreign pandering and bottomless selling out of Taiwan, squandering the flesh and blood of the people, prostituting himself and throwing in his lot with foreign forces,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n
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\nTaiwan has for years bought US weapons to deter the Chinese military, with media reports suggesting that Washington aims to approve arms sales to Taipei at levels exceeding those in Trump\u2019s first term. US-Taiwan cooperation is a major point of contention for China, which routinely holds military exercises near the island.
\nChina considers Taiwan part of its sovereign territory. Xi has stated that reunification with Taiwan is \u201cinevitable,\u201d adding that Beijing does not rule out the use of force to bring it back into the fold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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