Taiwan Will Not Be Intimidated by China’s Authoritarian Expansion: Taiwanese President

‘China’s growing authoritarianism will not stop with Taiwan,’ said Taiwan President Lai Ching-te.

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te delivers a speech during the Ketagalan Forum in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 21, 2024. Sung Pi-lung/The Epoch Times

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan President Lai Ching-te called on democratic countries to team up and take “concrete” steps to confront the Chinese regime’s authoritarian expansion.

“China’s growing authoritarianism will not stop with Taiwan; nor is Taiwan the only target of China’s economic pressures,” Lai said in a speech on Aug. 21 at the Ketagalan Forum, an annual security event hosted by Taiwan’s foreign ministry.