'The biggest challenge is to face the powerful rise of China, (which is) destroying the status quo in the Taiwan Strait and regards Taiwan's annexation and the elimination of the Republic of China as the great rejuvenating cause of its people,' says...
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Lai has faced sustained personal attacks from China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, since assuming office last month, with Beijing calling him a “separatist.” China stagedLai says only Taiwan’s people can decide their future and has repeatedly offered talks with Beijing but been rebuffed. Lai, at the event attended by senior military officials and also the top US diplomat in Kaohsiung, Neil Gibson, said the cadets must defend Taiwan against being annexed by China and that the island’s future can only be decided by its people.
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