No one can 'obliterate' Taiwan's existence, president says on departure for U.S.

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Reuters
Jess Macy Yu
Aug. 12, 2018

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Vowing that “no one can obliterate Taiwan’s existence”, President Tsai Ing-wen left on Sunday for the United States and two of its remaining diplomatic allies, amid pressure from China to try to stamp out references to the island internationally.

China, which claims self-ruled and democratic Taiwan as its own, has stepped up a campaign against the island as it tries to assert Chinese sovereignty. Beijing has ordered foreign companies to label Taiwan as part of China on their websites and is excluding Taiwan from as many international forums as it can.

Also, China has also been whittling down the number of countries that recognize Taiwan - now just 18 - with Burkina Faso and the Dominican Republic switching relations to Beijing this year.

More... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-taiwan/no-one-can-obliterate-taiwans-existence-president-says-on-departure-for-u-s-idUSKBN1KX085

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China, which believes Tsai wants to push for Taiwan’s formal independence, has already complained to Washington about her U.S. stopovers, which include Houston on her way back.

The trip starts one day after Taiwan’s state-run refiner CPC Corp announced a deal valued at $25 billion to purchase liquefied natural gas from the United States over the next 25 years.

The deal was aimed at boosting trade relations with the United States by reducing its trade surplus and was also a sign of goodwill ...

Good to see Taiwan's being smart. 

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Fearless prediction:

Someday... can't say when... might be decades, might be in the next century... but someday... Taiwan will become a part of mainland China again...