Voters spurned Beijing’s repeated calls not to vote for Lai, delivering a comfortable victory for a man China’s ruling Communist Party sees as a dangerous separatist.
Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vowed to defend the island from China’s “intimidation” and on Sunday the island’s foreign ministry told Beijing to accept the result.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on the Beijing authorities to respect the election results, face reality and give up suppressing Taiwan in order for positive cross-strait interactions to return to the right track,” it said in a statement.
KMT isn’t pro-China, nor is TPP. Stop putting words in my mouth. I said KMT is pro-status quo and TPP is pro-engagement. Only the DPP wants to completely veer away from China. There also is no evidence that TPP wants to fight for freedom. I have no idea where you are getting that from. They want diplomacy, not war. I don’t know why you westerners think of everything in terms of violence. It explains a lot why there’s so much violence in the US.
I’m not putting words in your mouth, that’s what you said in your comment:
No evidence the TPP wants to fight to keep their freedom? From the article you linked:
And I already posted this from your article but here again:
China is the one threatening with an invasion, but it’s the fault of the westerners?
Also: why so aggressive? Isn’t that a bit too western for you?
Oops, I miswrote, I meant pro-engagement with China.
As to you quote, here’s a more comprehensive article on Ko.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/taiwans-presidential-candidate-ko-wen-je-seeks-a-middle-ground-with-china-attracting-young-voters/ar-AA1mss2T
and here’s what he thinks about the possibility of invasion.
Your quote is just saying the same thing that Xi says all the time. That a military needs to be ready for war.
Taken out of context constantly in western news. All XI and Ko is saying that we don’t think there will be war, but if it comes to it we need to be prepared.