NE NEWS SERVICE
BEIJING, JAN 13
China said on Sunday that the world should abide by the idea that there is only one China, ruled by the Communist Party, after Taiwan re-elected its democratic leader.
“We hope and believe that the international community will continue adhering to the One-China principle, understand and support the just cause of Chinese people to oppose the secessionist activities for ‘Taiwan independence’ and realise national reunification,” said a statement from Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang.
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party won in a landslide Saturday against pro-China Nationalist Party candidate Han Kuo-yu. Her victory speech warned China not to threaten force against the self-governed island.
Irked by US-Taiwan bonhomie China on Sunday slammed officials from the US and other countries for congratulating President Tsai after she was re-elected with a landslide victory in a stunning rebuke of Beijing’s campaign to isolate the selfruled island. Tsai also met with the de facto US ambassador to Taipei on Sunday. William Brent Christensen, a US diplomat who is director of the American Institute in Taiwan, congratulated Tsai on her victory and she thanked him for his support. AGENCIES
