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On Wednesday, Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te urged the country’s political nations to band together to work together to stop China from extending authoritarianism and altering the rules-based global order.
Taiwan is viewed by China as a maverick state that needs to be reunited with the island, forcefully if needed. Since properly dissolving itself from mainland China in 1949 following the Chinese civil war, the political island has been self-governing.
Speaking at the annual Ketagalan Forum on Indo-Pacific surveillance in Taipei, Lai cautioned that Taiwan was no Beijing’s “only goal”.
” China has also armed industry. Using several stresses and challenges, it’s politically manipulating not only Taiwan, but even Japan, Korea, Australia, Lithuania, Canada, and various places”, said Lai.  ,
” China intends to transform the rules-based global order. Deshalb are political nations required to work together and put forth practical solutions. Just by working together may we limit the growth of authoritarianism”, he added, stressing that China’s “growing totalitarianism” did not stop with Taiwan.
Lai is a member of Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party, or DPP, which Beijing accuses of harboring dissident desires.  ,  ,
He won a January vote and won, despite Beijing’s harsh opposition to his campaign. He came to power after winning. He used a system to support Taiwan’s efforts to achieve peace without sacrificing Taiwan’s claims to sovereignty.  ,
Since former senator Tsai Ing-wen’s management came to power in 2016, China has increased its political, economical, and military pressure on the beach. Tsai also refused to acknowledge that Taiwan and the island belong to” One China,” as DPP part Tsai also did.
Chinese warships have been spotted close to daily in the democratic island, along with fighter jets and drones, in the air.  ,
But Lai said China’s “military expansionism” was taking place elsewhere, pointing to its joint exercises with Russia in the South China Sea, among other places.
” Such actions are intended to intimidate China’s neighbors and undermine regional peace and stability”, Lai said. ” Taiwan will not be intimidated. We will assume all accountability for preserving stability and peace in the Taiwan Strait.
The annual Ketagalan Forum aims to promote and promote peace, security, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific by encouraging cooperation and dialogue among like-minded parties.  ,
The gathering, which was the first of its kind since the Lai administration took office, included former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley and former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.
