China is accusing Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te of escalating cross-strait tensions, saying he has "sinister intentions" after comments he made at a concert over the weekend. Taiwan has responded by saying China's communist party is not allowing any room for the survival of the Republic of China, Taiwan's official name. The back and forth comes between the national days of both countries.
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00:00Just old wine in a new bottle. That's how China's describing what they call President
00:06Lai Ching-de's Taiwan independence fallacy in the two sides' latest back and forth.
00:12China's Taiwan Affairs Office going on to accuse Lai of having
00:16sinister intentions of escalating hostility and confrontation.
00:21Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council responded by saying that China's Communist Party
00:26is simply not allowing any room for the survival of the Republic of China.
00:32This most recent spat is all in response to comments Lai made over the weekend
00:37at Taiwan's National Day concert where he said it's impossible for China to become Taiwan's
00:42motherland because Taiwan has older political roots. Taiwan is about to celebrate its 113th
00:49National Day and that's the history that Lai was referring to, a history that actually
00:53predates Communist China, which is 75 years old, having just celebrated their National Day on
00:59October 1st. Beijing and Taipei are constantly trading blows and the rhetoric tends to increase
01:05around times of political sensitivity, for example during election periods or national days.
01:12Beijing didn't like Taiwan's previous leader Tsai Ing-wen and they really openly detest the
01:17current leader Lai Ching-de, calling him a separatist after his inauguration back in May
01:22and accusing him of inciting cross-strait confrontation.
01:27And with Taiwan's National Day just around the corner,
01:29we can expect more from China in the coming days and not just in terms of spicy language.
01:35Beijing is likely to flex its military muscles around Taiwan as well.
01:40Joseph Wu and resays in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.