China views the annexation and “elimination” of Taiwan as its great national cause, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday, telling cadets at the military’s premier academy they must know their
enemy and not give in to defeatism. 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 staged war games around Taiwan shortly after Lai’s inauguration. Lai 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 U.S. 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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