Taiwan tells China that armed confrontation ‘absolutely not an option’

TSAI ING-WEN. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen makes a speech at a delivery ceremony for the Navy’s Yushan amphibious landing dock in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on September 30, 2022. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen says it was ‘regrettable’ that China had escalated its intimidation and threatened peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and region TAIPEI, Taiwan - Armed confrontation between Taiwan and China is "absolutely not an option", Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Monday, October 10, as she also pledged to boost the island's defenses and reiterated her willingness to talk to Beijing. Democratic Taiwan, which China claims as its territory,…