Remarks on Lai Ching's separatist narrative

AN INTERVIEW with Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te published by Agence France-Presse and reposted by The Star, the Daily News' sister publication, on February 13 was deeply misleading and riddled with fallacies.

- WANG CHUAN

It merely exposes Lai's true nature as a diehard separatist for so-called "Taiwan independence," a saboteur of peace, a crisis-maker, and an instigator of war.

"Taiwan independence" is the root cause of all threats to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.

To help our South African friends better understand the reality, it is necessary to briefly revisit history.

Taiwan has been an integral part of China since ancient times. In 1895, China lost a war to imperial Japan and was forced to cede Taiwan.

In December 1943, China, the US, and the UK issued the Cairo Declaration, explicitly demanding that all territories stolen by Japan from China - including Taiwan - be restored after World War II. This was reaffirmed in the Potsdam Proclamation of July 1945, later joined by the Soviet Union.