Taiwanese president Lai Ching Te says he hopes to have healthy and orderly exchanges with Beijing

Summary

Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated in his New Year’s speech that Taiwan’s “reunification” with China is inevitable.

China has escalated military activity around Taiwan, including frequent incursions near the island and sanctions on U.S.-linked companies over arms sales to Taipei.

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te rejected Beijing’s claims, stating Taiwan’s future can only be decided by its people.

Lai also criticized China’s restrictions on travel and education exchanges with Taiwan, calling for dignified, reciprocal relations based on goodwill and equality.

  • @TokenBoomerEnglish
    -24•5 days ago

    “Us” being? Taiwan didn’t send me a Christmas card.

    • @candybrieEnglish
      29•5 days ago

      Bet they made the processor you used to write that comment.

      • @TokenBoomerEnglish
        -20•5 days ago

        War is necessary… so I can text grandma? Do ya’ll not hear yourselves?

        • @mohammed_alibiEnglish
          15•4 days ago

          More like: War is necessary… so a dictator can stroke his own ego

          Remember who is the aggressor here.

          • @TokenBoomerEnglish
            -7•4 days ago

            The Kuomintang fought a civil war and lost, would we be okay if the Confederacy kept Florida and wouldn’t give it back?

            • @mohammed_alibiEnglish
              8•4 days ago

              The Confederacy retreated to Florida. Then internally the people of Florida turned it around, repealed slavery, defeated the original Confederacy government, started a new democracy and is now thriving. Nope, leave them alone.

              • @TokenBoomerEnglish
                0•4 days ago

                not even comparable. Martial law for 40 years doesn’t sound like turning it around.

                • @mohammed_alibiEnglish
                  2•4 days ago

                  Did you read the article? Martial law was lifted in 1987. That’s 38 years ago.

                  The PRC is still under this condition today. Say the wrong things about Xinnie the Pooh and you will be disappeared, martial law or not.

                  How much undocumented atrocities occurred in China that you can’t even link a Wikipedia article to? And are you willing to accept what’s written about the Tiananmen Massacre on the same site that you linked to? If not, then stop linking to a site that you don’t believe in.

                  • @TokenBoomerEnglish
                    0•3 days ago

                    Lifting of martial law means opposition political parties can be formed legally for the first time, giving Taiwan’s fragmented but increasingly vocal opposition a new chance to organize. Communist parties remain banned. Dissidents welcomed the development, but noted that a new security law immediately replaced martial law and still restricts political activity.

                    That’s quite a democracy.

                    It banned formation of any new political parties, gave the military wide censorship powers and was used by military courts to convict thousands of civilians of sedition and other crimes.

            • @[email protected]English
              3•4 days ago

              No, not even a little bit.

              I’m talking about imperialists stealing land. What land was stolen by the Taiwanese during the White Terror?

              For example, the Soviet Union would have stolen Finland if they could, but Finland was (still is) heavily armed and it would not have been worth the Soviets’ trouble. This is a clear example that when it comes to imperialists like the Soviet Union, the threat of war is necessary to prevent it. This isn’t about starting war. It’s about preventing it.