TAIPEI: In her final national morning talk on Tuesday, October 10, President Tsai Ing-wen offered Beijing another olive branch, saying that Taiwan wants” quiet cooperation” with China with free and unrestricted conversation between people on both sides.
Since August of last year, Beijing has been exerting increasing military and political pressure on Democratic Taiwan, which China has claimed as its own province. This pressure has included two significant sets of Foreign war games close to the beach.
Tsai has consistently offered talks to China, but the country has rejected them because it sees her as a separatist and may run for president again in January elections after serving two terms in office.
The level of international support for Taiwan, according to Tsai, has reached an” unprecedented level” while speaking in front of the national office.
She continued,” We can remain calm and self-assured in facing China, creating problems for peaceful coexistence and future improvements across the Taiwan Strait, since this is a time when we can now face the world with confidence and fix.”
In order to promote” free, unrestricted, and unburdened relations” between Taiwan and the people of China, Tsai declared it was her responsibility to protect Taiwan’s independence and political, free way of life.
She continued,” Maintening the status quo is” critical” to ensuring peace because differences between Taiwan and China must be resolved amicably.
There was no immediate comment from the Taiwan Affairs Office of China.
Beijing claims that Tsai has refused to acknowledge that Taiwan and China are both members of” one China ,” which Taiwan’s government must do.