China says its ‘priority’ is to stop Taiwan VP’s US visit FMTNews FMTWorld
Taiwan vice-president William Lai is the ruling DPP’s presidential candidate and the frontrunner in most opinion polls.
China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, has stepped up military and political pressure over the past three years to try and force the island to accept Beijing’s sovereignty claims, which the government in Taipei strongly rejects. Lai is making what are officially stopovers in the US on his way to and from Paraguay for the Aug 15 inauguration of its new president, drawing anger from Beijing which slammed Lai as a separatist.
“They even do not admit they are Chinese. So this is a very dangerous path they are taking,” Xie said.“Now the priority for us is to stop Lai Ching-te from visiting the US, which is like a grey rhino charging at us,” Xie said, using Lai’s Chinese language name.Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen and her government have repeatedly offered talks with China but been rejected, as Beijing views them as separatists. Both Tsai and Lai say only Taiwan’s people can decide their future.
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