His remarks came after China carried out military drills around the island in anger at his US visit. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TAIPEI – Taiwan’s election in 2024 is a choice between democracy and autocracy, Vice-President William Lai said in comments broadcast after China carried out military drills around the island in anger at his visit in August to the United States.
They included Su-30 and J-11 fighter jets, according to a map the ministry published, though there was no immediate sign China was continuing its exercises on Sunday.Taiwanese officials had said China was likely to conduct military exercises near the island, using Mr Lai’s US stopovers as a pretext to intimidate voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election and make them “fear war”.
There is no cause for China to “make a fuss over nothing” when it comes to foreign travel by Taiwanese leaders, Mr Lai said. “This election is not a choice between peace and war. We can’t order off a menu, choosing peace and then there’s peace, choosing war and then there’s war. That’s not the case. What it is is that we have the right to choose whether we want democracy or autocracy. This is the real choice we have to make in this election.”
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