“We will not accept the Beijing authorities’ use of ‘one country, two systems’ to downgrade Taiwan and undermine the cross-strait status quo.”
Taiwanese voters handed Tsai a second term with a landslide win in January, a vocal rebuke of China’s ongoing campaign to isolate the island.
Tsai renewed her offer of talks with Beijing and called on President Xi Jinping to work with her to lower tensions. For decades, Taiwan’s leaders — and many voters — saw themselves as the true representatives for all of China, even as the vast majority of nations switched diplomatic recognition to Beijing.
“We have… sufficient ability to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Ma Xiaoguang, from the Taiwan Affairs Office, was quoted a saying. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a message hailing Tsai for her “courage and vision in leading Taiwan’s vibrant democracy” — a rare direct message from an administration official.
“She is also assuring the US that she won’t be rash and won’t become a troublemaker,” added Fan Shih-ping, a political scientist at National Taiwan Normal University.
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