China is a threat to world peace, President Lai says

If China annexes Taiwan, ‘it will not stop its expansion there, as it only becomes stronger and has more force to expand further,’ the president said. China’s military and diplomatic expansion is not a sole issue for Taiwan, but one that risks world peace, President William Lai said yesterday, adding that Taiwan would stand with the alliance of democratic countries to preserve peace through deterrence.

Lai made the remark in an exclusive interview with the Chinese-language Liberty Times (sister paper of the Taipei Times).

“China is strategically pushing forward to change the international order,” Lai said, adding that China established the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank, launched the Belt and Road Initiative, and pushed for yuan internationalization, because it wants to replace the democratic rules-based international order in every aspect.

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