China should not misjudge the island nation’s commitment to its ‘vigorous democratic system’, says President Tsai
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stands with President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei, Taiwan, on August 3. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/CHIEN CHIH-HUNG
Chinese diplomats at the weekend heaped praise on Elon Musk’s recommendation that Taiwan become a Hong Kong-style special administrative zone of China. Qin Gang, China’s ambassador to the US, thanked the Tesla CEO on Twitter for re-upping the idea, saying the “one country, two systems” framework was a basic principle for “resolving the Taiwan question”. Shortly after, foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning affirmed those remarks.
Taiwan is expected to be a major issue at China’s twice-a-decade congress later this month, where President Xi Jinping is set to secure a precedent-breaking third term. The Chinese leader has previously pledged to use “all necessary means” to resolve the Taiwan issue. “The concentration of the semiconductor sector in Taiwan is not a risk, but is the key to the reorganisation of the global semiconductor industry,” Tsai said. She added that Taiwan would “help optimise” supply chains in a way that would give the island’s firms “an even more prominent global role”.
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