Taiwan's president says island 'will never be sacrificed or traded' in stern rebuke of China

Thanking the U.S. enactment and showing defiance against China's intentions, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te issued a stern five-point connection of independency Sunday, rebuking China arsenic "the basal origin of determination instability" and "the demolition of determination peace."

"Taiwan volition not, nether pressure, springiness up nationalist sovereignty and dignity, oregon its antiauthoritarian and escaped mode of life," the president wrote successful a Facebook station Sunday, arsenic translated by aggregate sources.

"Taiwan volition ne'er beryllium sacrificed oregon traded."

Lai's comments were his archetypal nonstop effect to the acme past week successful Beijing betwixt President Donald Trump and Chinese person Xi Jinping that raised concerns successful democratically governed Taiwan astir the imaginable of a Chinese invasion.

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President Donald Trump and Chinese person Xi Jinping listened to each different connected Taiwan, but Trump stressed helium did not springiness successful to Xi's claims of power implicit Taiwan, declining to guarantee Xi the U.S. would not support Taiwan against a Chinese invasion. (Brendan Smialowski - Pool/Getty Images)

Trump remains mum connected caller weapons income to Taiwan, but stressed the U.S. was "not looking to person idiosyncratic say, 'Let's spell autarkic due to the fact that the United States is backing us'."

Long-term Taiwan-U.S. information practice and arms income were based connected the Taiwan Relations Act, Lai said, referencing the 1979 instrumentality that mandates the merchantability of weapons to the island.

"This is not lone a U.S. information committedness to Taiwan, but besides the astir important deterrent unit implicit the years against actions that undermine determination bid and stability," helium wrote.

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Lai's five-point Facebook connection was a stern rejection of China's claims of power implicit Taiwan, and a telephone for Trump's self-defense assistance:

1. "First, Taiwan is the defender of the presumption quo of bid and stableness successful the Taiwan Strait and the region."
2. "Second, China is the basal origin of determination instability and changes to the presumption quo."
3. "Third, defending the presumption quo of the Republic of China is not an contented of 'Taiwan independence.'"
4. "Fourth, Taiwan-U.S. information practice and arms income are cardinal elements successful maintaining determination bid and stability."
5. "Fifth, Taiwan is astatine the bosom of planetary halfway interests, and bid and stableness successful the Taiwan Strait indispensable ne'er beryllium sacrificed oregon traded."

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There was nary contiguous effect from China oregon the White House to his comments.

While Trump said helium listened to Xi Jinping's positions connected Taiwan, helium was wide successful saying helium would not uncover whether helium would enactment successful defence of Taiwan successful the lawsuit of a Chinese invasion.

"We convey President Trump for his continued enactment for bid and stableness successful the Taiwan Strait since his archetypal term, including the continued summation successful the standard and worth of arms income to Taiwan, which person helped Taiwan fortify its self-defense capabilities," Lai wrote.

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"Ensuring bid and stableness successful the Taiwan Strait has ever been a high-level statement and communal involvement shared by Taiwan, the United States and antiauthoritarian countries astir the world. Taiwan volition ne'er beryllium sacrificed oregon traded. Finally, I privation to stress again that bid depends connected strength, connected the volition of our radical to support state and democracy, and connected steadfast practice with friends and allies," his lengthy station concluded.

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"Taiwan volition proceed to enarthrosis the work of improving its self-defense capabilities, firmly support ideology and freedom, support the presumption quo with neither arrogance nor submission, and marque progressive contributions to determination and planetary bid and prosperity."

Reuters contributed to this report.