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China has rebuffed the latest offer of talks from Taiwan, saying the government was engaging in a cheap trick and provocation, claiming the island was seeking confrontation with China at every turn.
Taiwan is ready to have meaningful dialogue under the principles of parity and dignity with China provided Beijing is willing to put aside confrontation, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday in her New Year s speech.
China views the self-governing democracy as its own territory, and cut off a formal talks mechanism in 2016 after Tsai was first elected, claiming she was a separatist bent on a formal declaration of independence.
“Stabilizing relations across the Taiwan Strait is no longer just an issue for the two sides [of the Taiwan Strait]. It is a concern for the whole Indo-Pacific region and has already become a focus of international attention,” Ing-wen said, according to the South China Morning Post (SCMP). “We are willing to facilitate meaningful dialogue under the principles of parity and dignity as long as the Beijing authorities sincerely want to resolve differences and improve cross-strait relations,” she added.
China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) responded in a statement later that day that the Taiwanese government’s refusal to accept China’s claim over the island was the present tensions’ root cause, according to Reuters. China affirmed its refusal to recognize Taiwan’s independence in the statement.
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