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October 11, 2021

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