TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan can not accept becoming part of China under its “one nation, 2 systems” deal of autonomy, President Tsai Ing-wen stated on Wednesday, highly turning down China’s sovereignty claims and most likely setting the phase for an ever worsening of ties.
China responded that “reunification” was inescapable and that it would never endure Taiwan’s independence.
In a speech after being sworn in for her 2nd and final term in office, Tsai said relations in between Taiwan and China had actually reached a historic juncture.
” Both sides have a responsibility to find a way to exist together over the long term and prevent the increase of antagonism and distinctions,” she stated.
Tsai and her Democratic Progressive Party won January’s governmental and parliamentary elections by a landslide, pledging to stand up to China, which claims Taiwan as its own and states it would be brought under Beijing’s control by force if needed.
” Here, I wish to reiterate the words ‘peace, parity, democracy, and discussion’. We will decline the Beijing authorities’ use of ‘one nation, two systems’ to downgrade Taiwan and weaken the cross-strait status quo. We stand fast by this principle,” Tsai stated.
China uses the “one nation, 2 systems” policy, which is supposed to guarantee a high degree of autonomy, to run the previous British nest of Hong Kong, which retu