WASHINGTON, Oct 28 ― Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen said she has “faith” that the United States will defend the island in the event China launches a military strike, in an interview with CNN broadcast yesterday.
But she also insisted she hopes that China and Taiwan can “co-exist peacefully” despite the current knife-edge atmosphere. Earlier this month, Tsai stressed that Taiwan would not bow to the pressure by Beijing, describing the island as “standing on democracy's first line of defence.”
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