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Taiwan President Says Nation Won't Bow to Chinese Pressure
Landon Mion | @landon_mion | Posted: Oct 10, 2021 12:00 PM
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said Sunday that her country will refuse to give in to pressure from China to submit to its rule, which would prohibit them from being a nation of freedom or democracy.
Tsai's comments come as Beijing increases military and political pressure on Taiwan, Reuters reported. She said that she hoped tensions would ease and that Taiwan would not "act rashly."
"But there should be absolutely no illusions that the Taiwanese people will bow to pressure," Tsai said when speaking at a National Day rally. "We will continue to bolster our national defense and demonstrate our determination to defend ourselves in order to ensure that nobody can force Taiwan to take the path China has laid out for us."
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