Taiwan’s foreign ministry has responded to comments made by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Xi said that for the United States to help maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, Washington must recognize the "Taiwan independence nature" of President Lai Ching-te. The ministry rejected Xi's claims, pointing to Beijing's frequent military activity around Taiwan as the main threat to regional peace.
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00:00Taiwan's foreign ministry has responded to comments by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who
00:04was warning the U.S. against trusting President Lai Ching-te and his ruling Democratic Progressive
00:09Party.
00:10The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also noted that in the press release of the meeting,
00:15the Chinese side once again expressed a mystery about Taiwan-Taiwan relations.
00:20It came after Xi told U.S. President Joe Biden at the APEC summit in Peru that opposing Taiwan
00:25independence was the best way for the U.S. to help maintain peace across the Taiwan Strait.
00:31He also said that Washington should recognize the inherent, quote, Taiwan independence nature
00:36of Lai and the DPP.
00:39But the foreign ministry here says it rejects Xi's argument, adding that China's military
00:43activity around Taiwan is the main threat to regional peace and stability.