Taiwan president, leaving for US, says pressure won't be a deterrent

Record ID: 1717759

  • Title: Taiwan president, leaving for US, says pressure won't be a deterrent
  • Date: 29th March 2023
  • Summary: TAOYUAN, TAIWAN (MARCH 29, 2023) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** OFFICIALS WALKING IN  SECURITY PERSONNEL AT AIRPORT DEPARTURE GATE  VARIOUS OF TSAI ING-WEN WALKING IN  TSAI ING-WEN SPEAKING  FOREIGN DIGNITARIES STANDING  CAMERAPEOPLE FILMING  (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) TAIWAN PRESIDENT, TSAI ING-WEN, SAYING: "Taiwan's determination to go global will only grow stronger. Taiwan is the world's Taiwan. Leading Taiwan to the world and bringing the world into Taiwan is an important goal of our administration. External pressure will not hinder our determination to go to the world. We are calm and confident, will neither yield nor provoke. Taiwan will firmly walk on the road of freedom and democracy and go into the world. Although this road is rough, Taiwan is not alone." TSAI ING-WEN LEAVING  CAMERAPEOPLE FILMING, TSAI LEAVING  PEOPLE WAVING  FOREIGN DIGNITARIES STANDING, CAMERAPERSONS FILMING
  • Embargoed: 12th April 2023 07:40
  • Keywords: China New York Taiwan Tsai U.S. departure
  • Location: TAOYUAN, TAIWAN
  • City: TAOYUAN, TAIWAN
  • Country: Taiwan
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001109929032023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: External pressure will not stop Taiwan from engaging with the world, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday (March 29) as she left for the United States, hitting a defiant note after China threatened retaliation if she met U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
    China, which claims democratically-ruled Taiwan as its own territory, has repeatedly warned U.S. officials not to meet Tsai, viewing it as support for the island's desire to be seen as a separate country.
    China staged war games around Taiwan last August when then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei, and Taiwan's armed forces have said they are keeping watch for any Chinese moves when Tsai is abroad.
    Tsai is going to Guatemala and Belize, transiting through New York first and Los Angeles on the way back. While not officially confirmed, she is expected to meet McCarthy while in California.
    "External pressure will not hinder our determination to go to the world," she said at Taiwan's main international airport at Taoyuan, in a veiled reference to China.
    "We are calm and confident, will neither yield nor provoke. Taiwan will firmly walk on the road of freedom and democracy and go into the world. Although this road is rough, Taiwan is not alone," she added.
    (Production: Fabian Hamacher, Xiaoyu Yin)
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