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'Return to the right track' - Taiwan tells China to 'face reality' and respect election results (www.france24.com)

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Voters spurned Beijing's repeated calls not to vote for Lai, delivering a comfortable victory for a man China's ruling Communist Party sees as a dangerous separatist.

Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vowed to defend the island from China's "intimidation" and on Sunday the island's foreign ministry told Beijing to accept the result.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on the Beijing authorities to respect the election results, face reality and give up suppressing Taiwan in order for positive cross-strait interactions to return to the right track," it said in a statement.

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[-] sxan@midwest.social 13 points 10 months ago

Isn't the current status quo that Taiwan is independent of China? From the Taiwan government's point of view, of course. It's pretty clear what China's POV WRT Taiwan is.

[-] Joncash2@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

No and that's what annoys me about how people talk about Taiwan with no understanding of what's actually going on. Status quo is Taiwan and China are one, but Taiwan runs itself independently, just as Taiwan wants.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago

That sounds like a distinction without a difference.

It walks independently, it talks independently, but "Taiwan and China are one." Uh huh.

[-] Joncash2@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Yup, which is exactly why the Taiwanese wants to keep the status quo and not get into conflict with China. We're already free, why stir the pot? Who cares what China says about who owns what. Now your getting it.

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