Taiwan’s President Tsai urges China to seek ‘peaceful coexistence’

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Taiwan’s President, Tsai Ing-wen, stated on Monday that Taiwan’s “democratic procedures” should determine future ties, and he hoped that Taipei and Beijing would pursue “long-term peaceful coexistence”. Taiwan’s election, which will decide the future of the self-governing island’s ties with a more aggressive China, is less than two weeks away and will be eagerly observed from Beijing to Washington. Beijing asserts that Taiwan will eventually become a part of its territory. From Tsai’s victory in 2016, it has severed high-level diplomatic, military, and economic ties with her administration and increased economic and military pressure on the island. Prior to her...