Zhu criticized Lai for exaggerating the "mainland threat" in his speeches while reiterating rhetoric advocating "Taiwan ...

Taiwan leader criticized for independence rhetoric By ZHANG YI | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-06-30 21:49 ...

Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te's recent remarks have again divided public opinion on the island while escalating tensions across the Taiwan Strait with provocative moves toward secession, a mainland ...

For Lai, the political upside of talking tough currently outweighs the downside. Chinese saber-rattling chips away at Taiwan’s sovereignty, but it also rallies Taiwanese voters and Western allies in ...

President Lai Ching-te is traveling across Taiwan to urge unity against growing Chinese pressure, declaring the island an ...

Chen Binhua (陳斌華), spokesperson for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, accused the DPP administration of “stubbornly” clinging to ...

The speech was a blatant "Taiwan independence manifesto," inciting confrontation across the Straits, and was also a patchwork of deeply flawed and misguided separatist rhetoric, which fully ...

Zhu noted that in his speech, Lai played up the so-called "mainland threat," repeated the old rhetoric of "Taiwan independence," and heightened hostility and confrontation across the Taiwan Straits.