Taiwan Denounces Xi’s Comments to Trump as ‘Distortion of Facts’

TAIPEI, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s government on ?Friday ?denounced Chinese President Xi ?Jinping’s comments on the island’s future to US ?President Donald Trump as a “distortion of the facts”, saying only the ?Taiwanese people can decide ?their future. China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, ?a ?position President Lai Ching-te and his administration reject. Xi told Trump ?in Washington on Thursday that China’s position on safeguarding national “reunification” and territorial integrity is clear, and he hoped the US would adhere ?to the “correct position” of opposing Taiwan independence. Xi’s remarks represent “the consistent Chinese ?approach ?of distorting…