TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday that democracy had thrived on the island despite increased Chinese pressure, and vowed that its people would remain "free for generations".
Tsai, speaking Tuesday in a National Day speech, said it was her duty to "safeguard our national sovereignty and the democratic and free way of life" of Taiwan's 23 million people. In the past year, Beijing has run massive war games around the island, carrying out simulations of a blockade that have raised the worries of Tsai's administration -- as well as key allies such as the United States.
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