Taiwan's opposition leader has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, marking the first such encounter in over a decade.

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/62280230

“Although people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait live under different systems, we will respect each other and move towards each other,” Cheng said, adding: “We will seek systemic solutions to prevent and avoid war.”

Both Xi and Cheng said they would uphold the 1992 Consensus and opposed Taiwan’s independence

  • Sepia@mander.xyzEnglish
    132·
    13 days ago

    So China stops its war games around Taiwan now? What does the CCP understand by ‘peace’?

    As per Wikipedia citing a DW interview,

    Cheng stated her worry that Taiwan under the presidency of Lai Ching-te would become like Ukraine under the Russian invasion. When the interviewer responded that “the dictator caused the war”, she rejected the claim and described Vladimir Putin as “a leader with democratically elected”, blaming the invasion on NATO enlargement. Source - Here is the interview (in Chinese)

    She perfectly echos Chinese-Russian narratives.

    • Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      52·
      13 days ago

      Bet china tries to cash in on the USA crashing and “look & feel” like the “stable” trading partner now.

      But yeah, Taiwan, go buy as much military tech from Ukraine as you can, you’re gonna need it.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      12 days ago

      While I don’t have evidence to support it, my guess would be that China had a part in getting her elected.