Democratic Taiwan must not become ‘China’s Taiwan’, president says

By Yi-Chin Lee and Ann Wang / Staff Reporter, with Reuters Add TT as Preferred Source Taiwan must work together to protect its democracy and not become part of China, President Lai Ching-te(賴清德) said on Sunday, calling on members of his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to oppose the “red terror” coming from Beijing.Lai, who won election two years ago, and his ruling DPP, champion Taiwan’s separate identity from China, a position that frequently angers Beijing which views the island as an inviolable part of Chinese territory. Speaking to the DPP’s annual convention, Lai said Taiwan must remain vigilant in times of peace, pointing to what he said was China’s “legal warfare”, such as its new ethnic unity law which gives Beijing the basis to take action against people outside its borders. Th