Lai Qing’s remarks on Deku Day made the Taiwan Affairs Office jump-started, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on China to stop malicious criticism

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated today that China has no right to comment on Taiwan's future, and called on the Beijing authorities to stop malicious attacks that may lead to increased cross-strait confrontation and to abandon the use of force and coercion to change the status quo across the Taiwan Strait.

President Lai Ching-te delivered a National Day speech yesterday, "Taiwan is a city on a hill, salt on the ground, light on the world." The Taiwan Affairs Office of China criticized the Taiwan Affairs Office for exaggerating China's threat, advocating false narratives of democracy versus authoritarianism, attempting to seek independence through force and relying on external forces, provoking cross-strait confrontation and undermining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. In response, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated today (11th) that China has no right to comment on Taiwan's future, and called on the Beijing authorities to stop malicious attacks that may lead to increased cross-strait confrontation, and to abandon the use of force and coercion to change the status quo across the Taiwan Strait.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs solemnly reiterates that Taiwan, the Republic of China, and the People's Republic of China exist as equals and are not subordinate to each other. This is an objective status quo and fact recognized by the international community, and is also a firm consensus of the Taiwanese people. Taiwan's future can only be decided jointly by Taiwan's 23 million people, and China has no right to comment.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again called on the Beijing authorities to face up to the objective facts of the institutional differences and non-subordination between democracy and authoritarianism on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, stop malicious attacks that may lead to an increase in cross-Strait antagonism, abandon the use of force and coercion to change the status quo across the Taiwan Strait, and work together to maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pacific, so as to create more welfare for the people.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that Taiwan will continue to cooperate with international democratic partners and strive to safeguard national sovereignty and sustainable development of Taiwan, as well as peace, stability and prosperity across the Taiwan Strait and the region.