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Taiwan Vows Not to Bow to Pressure from China as Tension Escalates

HeadlineOct 11, 2021

Tension remains high between China and Taiwan. On Saturday, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for Taiwan to be peacefully reunited with mainland China.

President Xi Jinping: “National reunification by peaceful means best serves the interests of the Chinese nation as a whole, which includes our compatriots in Taiwan. We will maintain our basic policies of peaceful reunification and 'one country, two systems,' uphold the One China principle and the 1992 consensus, and we will work to promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations.”

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen responded on Sunday saying Taiwan would not bow to pressure from China.

President Tsai Ing-wen: “We will not act rashly, but there should be absolutely no illusions that the Taiwanese people will bow to pressure. We will continue to bolster our national defense and demonstrate our determination to defend ourselves in order to ensure that nobody can force Taiwan to take the path China has laid out for us.”

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