national day, president tsai ing wen said no one could force taiwan to take the path china has laid out. mark lobel reports. taiwan s national day celebrations, a visual show of defiance after rising tensions with china, which views the island as a breakaway province. taiwan disagrees, with a pledge to defend its sovereignty and democracy. taiwan s president, tsai ing wen, said she was hoping for an easing of relations and would not act irrationally, but insisted taiwanese people would not bow to pressure. would not act rationally. tensions have been rising after around a record 150 chinese warplanes made incursions into taiwan s air defence zone, includingjets, bombers and spy planes, injust four days.
taiwan s national day celebrations, a visual show of defiance after rising tensions with china, which views the island as a breakaway province. taiwan disagrees, with a pledge to defend its sovereignty and democracy. taiwan s president, tsai ing wen, said she was hoping for an easing of relations and would not act rashly, but insisted taiwanese people would not bow to pressure. tensions have been rising after around a record 150 chinese warplanes made incursions into taiwan s air defence zone, includingjets, bombers and spy planes, injust four days. on saturday, china marked the 110th anniversary of a 1911 revolution which saw the last chinese imperial dynasty toppled.
have to unify with mainland china. tensions across the region have been rising in recent weeks, as mark lobel reports. taiwan s national day celebrations, a visual show of defiance after rising tensions with china, which views the island as a breakaway province. taiwan disagrees, with a pledge to defend its sovereignty and democracy. taiwan s president, tsai ing wen, said she was hoping for an easing of relations and would not act rashly, but insisted taiwanese people would not bow to pressure. tensions have been rising after around a record 150 chinese warplanes made incursions into taiwan s air defence zone, includingjets, bombers and spy planes, injust four days.
taiwan s national day celebrations, a visual show of defiance after rising tensions with china, which views the island as a breakaway province. taiwan disagrees, with a pledge to defend its sovereignty and democracy. taiwan s president, tsai ing wen, said she was hoping for an easing of relations and would not act rashly, but insisted taiwanese people would not bow to pressure. tensions have been rising after around a record 150 chinese warplanes made incursions into taiwan s air defence zone, includingjets, bombers and spy planes, injust four days. on saturday, china marked the 110th
which toppled the last chinese imperial dynasty. speaking in the great hall of the people in beijing, president xi jinping said he wants to see reunification occur under one country, two systems principle, similar to that of hong kong. translation: national reunification by peaceful means best serves the interest of the chinese nation as a whole. that includes our compatriots in taiwan. it is an internal matter for china and there should be no outside interference. the chinese president struck a softer tone in this latest statement. in the past, he has threatened to use force to bring taiwan under the control of beijing. at the beginning of the month, china mounted four days of large scale exercises over the taiwan strait, involving almost 150 military aircraft includingjets, bombers