William Lai sworn in as Taiwan's new president, pledges to defend island's democracy

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CNA

CNA

25 күн бұрын

Taiwan's new President William Lai has pledged to defend the island's democracy, calling on China to end its military intimidation. In his inauguration speech, Mr Lai also directly addressed the threat of war. China claims Taiwan as its own and has not ruled out using force to bring it under Chinese control. Mr Lai is taking helm at a time when China's growing military assertiveness in the Taiwan Strait and elsewhere in the region has caused concerns among countries. Victoria Jen and Olivia Siong report.

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@Yanadesuga
@Yanadesuga 24 күн бұрын
Long live Lai
@CNTikTok
@CNTikTok 24 күн бұрын
Puppets of American and western foreigners! Pathetic!
@tstecksuan
@tstecksuan 23 күн бұрын
President William Lai of Taiwan did not mince words when he delivered his great speech on his inauguration ceremony. Republic of China 🇨🇳 Taiwan as an independent sovereign nation is a reality and the CCP regime at Beijing must accept this fact. Any use of force resulting in war across the straits will be a disaster not only for China but the world which is watching and will not allow the CCP to alter the present peaceful status quo by force. Any decision on the future of Taiwan must be decided by the 23 million Taiwanese.💪
@nextlastChang
@nextlastChang 23 күн бұрын
How in the world, the *unelected Chinese regime* can tell the truthly elected Taiwanese 🇹🇼 leader Lai what to do with the future of his country?
@user-fd3ld9qc7d
@user-fd3ld9qc7d 23 күн бұрын
Taiwan's democracy is fake and a farce! In fact, most of the Western world and their cronies are fake, self-declared democracies. Such as the USA calling itself a democracy when in fact it is a plutocracy. How can you tell the difference between genuine and fake democracies? Simple, we just need go back to the terminology of the word: the rule of the common people. The rule of the common people, not some capitalist, special interest groups, oligarchs or elites. Sure elites can be leaders and govern over a people, but not rulers (like mainland China or Singapore); leadership and governance does not equate rulership. In theory, autocracy means he rule of the autocrat (a monarch like a king or dictator). In reality however, as many times in history, we see kings that aren't genuine rulers of their kingdoms. Such kings are called puppet-kings, where genuine power were seized by puppeteers, such as Cao Cao making Emperor Xian of Han his puppet, or Empress Dowager Cixi making Emperor Guangxu of Qing her puppet, or Princess Sophia making Tsar Peter I her puppet (until she was disposed by Peter I eventually), hence just because it is an autocracy by definition doesn't make it a true autocracy in reality. Likewise, a democracy is the rule of the common people by definition, ie. the people serves collectively as the ruler, the king. But this king made out of the collective common people could also become a puppet to puppeteer(s). Such puppeteers are the plutocrats, oligarchs, capitalists, special interest groups, etc. You might say that the people can still vote, but results of elections can be manipulated, controlled and predetermined by the puppeteer(s) through many means including demagoguery, gerrymandering, media control, financial control, vote rigging, etc. Hence voting does not necessarily equate democracy. In fact, ancient Greece had more sortition (where candidates are sorted and picked via lottery) than election as the fairest form of choosing public servants. Voting/election is not the root of rulership. The root of rulership is political power backed by 2 essential factors: wealth (the richer you are, the more powerful you are) and means of violence (Mao Zedong: "Power grows out from the barrel of the gun"). A true democracy is one where all the common people are wealthy, ie. common prosperity (Singapore and to a lesser extent mainland China). A society where the wealthy disparity is high and not having any signs of improving is no real democracy. And a nation where the armed forces are from the people, for the people and by the people is a truer democracy (the PLA is from the people and for the people. Although it may not be by the people since it is under the CPC, but given that the CPC upholds the People's Democratic Dictatorship, the PLA is still indirectly by the the people.) A nation/region/society where the bulk of its wealth and means of violence are held by the minority and not the majority (such as USA, and of course China's renegade region of Taiwan) is no real democracy!
@user-fd3ld9qc7d
@user-fd3ld9qc7d 23 күн бұрын
Let me put it to you bluntly: Taiwan's democracy is fake and a farce! In fact, most of the Western world and their cronies are fake, self-declared democracies. Such as the USA calling itself a democracy when in fact it is a plutocracy. How can you tell the difference between genuine and fake democracies? Simple, we just need go back to the terminology of the word: the rule of the common people. The rule of the common people, not some capitalist, special interest groups, oligarchs or elites. Sure elites can be leaders and govern over a people, but not rulers (like mainland China or Singapore); leadership and governance does not equate rulership. In theory, autocracy means he rule of the autocrat (a monarch like a king or dictator). In reality however, as many times in history, we see kings that aren't genuine rulers of their kingdoms. Such kings are called puppet-kings, where genuine power were seized by puppeteers, such as Cao Cao making Emperor Xian of Han his puppet, or Empress Dowager Cixi making Emperor Guangxu of Qing her puppet, or Princess Sophia making Tsar Peter I her puppet (until she was disposed by Peter I eventually), hence just because it is an autocracy by definition doesn't make it a true autocracy in reality. Likewise, a democracy is the rule of the common people by definition, ie. the people serves collectively as the ruler, the king. But this king made out of the collective common people could also become a puppet to puppeteer(s). Such puppeteers are the plutocrats, oligarchs, capitalists, special interest groups, etc. You might say that the people can still vote, but results of elections can be manipulated, controlled and predetermined by the puppeteer(s) through many means including demagoguery, gerrymandering, media control, financial control, vote rigging, etc. Hence voting does not necessarily equate democracy. In fact, ancient Greece had more sortition (where candidates are sorted and picked via lottery) than election as the fairest form of choosing public servants. Voting/election is not the root of rulership. The root of rulership is political power backed by 2 essential factors: wealth (the richer you are, the more powerful you are) and means of violence (Mao Zedong: "Power grows out from the barrel of the gun"). A true democracy is one where all the common people are wealthy, ie. common prosperity (Singapore and to a lesser extent mainland China). A society where the wealthy disparity is high and not having any signs of improving is no real democracy. And a nation where the armed forces are from the people, for the people and by the people is a truer democracy (the PLA is from the people and for the people. Although it may not be by the people since it is under the CPC, but given that the CPC upholds the People's Democratic Dictatorship, the PLA is still indirectly by the the people.) A nation/region/society where the bulk of its wealth and means of violence are held by the minority and not the majority (such as USA, and of course China's renegade region of Taiwan) is no real democracy!
@muhammadyunan2811
@muhammadyunan2811 23 күн бұрын
Since when do all countries in the world have to follow US and European standards? Why can't Asia create its own standards and way of life? 😂
@hopkin2006
@hopkin2006 23 күн бұрын
The scariest thing about the Taiwan and China issue is that China has NEVER ONCE ASKED the people of Taiwan what they wanted. There are no referendums called by China to let Taiwan decide by vote whether it wants independence or reunification, China has never asked Taiwan how they should coexist and never consulted Taiwan for advice either. If someone wants to make an important decision concerning YOU, wouldn't you want him/her to consult you and ask you about it first? Yeah, exactly.
@user-fd3ld9qc7d
@user-fd3ld9qc7d 23 күн бұрын
Taiwan's democracy is fake and a farce! In fact, most of the Western world and their cronies are fake, self-declared democracies. Such as the USA calling itself a democracy when in fact it is a plutocracy. How can you tell the difference between genuine and fake democracies? Simple, we just need go back to the terminology of the word: the rule of the common people. The rule of the common people, not some capitalist, special interest groups, oligarchs or elites. Sure elites can be leaders and govern over a people, but not rulers (like mainland China or Singapore); leadership and governance does not equate rulership. In theory, autocracy means he rule of the autocrat (a monarch like a king or dictator). In reality however, as many times in history, we see kings that aren't genuine rulers of their kingdoms. Such kings are called puppet-kings, where genuine power were seized by puppeteers, such as Cao Cao making Emperor Xian of Han his puppet, or Empress Dowager Cixi making Emperor Guangxu of Qing her puppet, or Princess Sophia making Tsar Peter I her puppet (until she was disposed by Peter I eventually), hence just because it is an autocracy by definition doesn't make it a true autocracy in reality. Likewise, a democracy is the rule of the common people by definition, ie. the people serves collectively as the ruler, the king. But this king made out of the collective common people could also become a puppet to puppeteer(s). Such puppeteers are the plutocrats, oligarchs, capitalists, special interest groups, etc. You might say that the people can still vote, but results of elections can be manipulated, controlled and predetermined by the puppeteer(s) through many means including demagoguery, gerrymandering, media control, financial control, vote rigging, etc. Hence voting does not necessarily equate democracy. In fact, ancient Greece had more sortition (where candidates are sorted and picked via lottery) than election as the fairest form of choosing public servants. Voting/election is not the root of rulership. The root of rulership is political power backed by 2 essential factors: wealth (the richer you are, the more powerful you are) and means of violence (Mao Zedong: "Power grows out from the barrel of the gun"). A true democracy is one where all the common people are wealthy, ie. common prosperity (Singapore and to a lesser extent mainland China). A society where the wealthy disparity is high and not having any signs of improving is no real democracy. And a nation where the armed forces are from the people, for the people and by the people is a truer democracy (the PLA is from the people and for the people. Although it may not be by the people since it is under the CPC, but given that the CPC upholds the People's Democratic Dictatorship, the PLA is still indirectly by the the people.) A nation/region/society where the bulk of its wealth and means of violence are held by the minority and not the majority (such as USA, and of course China's renegade region of Taiwan) is no real democracy!
@skaijuice3714
@skaijuice3714 23 күн бұрын
TW has every right to exist as an independent, sovereign island state. There is no question on it's legitimacy. Too long a stretch of time have muddied relations when the conflict "ended" during the civil war. And they thought some future leader will clean up to "settle" the outstanding problem.
@user-fd3ld9qc7d
@user-fd3ld9qc7d 23 күн бұрын
@@skaijuice3714 That right is a fallacy since no international law recognizes Taiwan as an independent country. On the contrary, international law such as the Cairo and Potsdam Declarations clearly states that Taiwan is a part of China!
@user-fd3ld9qc7d
@user-fd3ld9qc7d 17 күн бұрын
On 24th May 2024, Stephane Dujarric, chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, states that UN Resolution means that "Taiwan is a province of China." So are you challenging the legitimacy of the UN?
@skaijuice3714
@skaijuice3714 17 күн бұрын
@@user-fd3ld9qc7d yes that's right, as The Republic of China.
@AhmetTekin101
@AhmetTekin101 23 күн бұрын
Congrat to Mr Lai, new president of Taiwan.
@ToiChutGongWu
@ToiChutGongWu 23 күн бұрын
On 18 Nov 23 the Sinophobic bot farm bot “Ahmetetc” posted that it would have me permanently banned. On 28 Nov 23 it asked if I had received its warning. I am still here. It consistently supports the Sinophobic bots and trolls who post lies about China. There are many bots and trolls who will post any form of mendacity against China, even to the extent of comment on China when that country is not the subject of the video. Time for it to use the “sorry for your low Chinese self-esteem” spam. And ask if I am working for a Front Organisation. Or that my “mother” works in a massage parlour in Shanghai and my “father” works in a scam call centre in North Myanmar. And that being Sinophobic is good for “truth” & “freedom”. Say hello to your Sinophobic bot farm bots for me.
@ToiChutGongWu
@ToiChutGongWu 20 күн бұрын
@@buymecola1 Well hello again Sinophobic bot farm bot.
@harbinger6562
@harbinger6562 23 күн бұрын
Congratulations President William Lai ❤️🇨🇳🇹🇼🦾😇
@hopkin2006
@hopkin2006 23 күн бұрын
Congratulations on becoming President Mr Lai. Best of luck to you for your political future! 👍
@biaofo5258
@biaofo5258 24 күн бұрын
A better future for Taiwan.
@CNTikTok
@CNTikTok 24 күн бұрын
Puppets of American and western foreigners! Pathetic!
@user-bm6zm3ni3t
@user-bm6zm3ni3t 21 күн бұрын
Philippines will support Taiwan at all cause.💪💪💪
@ArabicReja973
@ArabicReja973 23 күн бұрын
It doesn't matter how many times the Chinese regime repeats the *lies,* or how *angry* it pretends to be, - Taiwan 🇹🇼 is still an independent country
@user-fd3ld9qc7d
@user-fd3ld9qc7d 23 күн бұрын
What year, month and date did Taiwan became an independent country?
@megatron6393
@megatron6393 23 күн бұрын
@@user-fd3ld9qc7d It has always been since day 1. Never been ruled and administered by CCP ever, not even for 1 day. Which cave do you live in?
@AhmetTekin101
@AhmetTekin101 23 күн бұрын
@@user-fd3ld9qc7d Always! It never belonged to China.
@lincolneserio7620
@lincolneserio7620 23 күн бұрын
​@@user-fd3ld9qc7dit. Doesn't matter what the exact date...... What matter mostly if China will fall. Soon.... Chinas greediness will destroy their own country.... Remember China has Lots of enemies...
@Bigsmallcountry
@Bigsmallcountry 23 күн бұрын
did you pass your history test?
@animariani6768
@animariani6768 24 күн бұрын
Iya taiwan cence🎉😢😢😢😅😅😅😅😅
@SebastianYap-xj9ju
@SebastianYap-xj9ju 18 күн бұрын
Sun yat Sen and general Chiang. Kuo Ming tang has sun yat Sen William lai and sun yat Sen Sun yat Sen has William lai(general Chiang) and Mao ze dong(China Xi Xi ping thought) William lai versus Xi Xi ping General Chiang versus Mao ze dong
@jingqiuwu5615
@jingqiuwu5615 21 күн бұрын
This new president is a decendent of the imperial japanese army. Their ancestor who were a japanese soldier fled to Taiwan after the war. This group of japanese soldiers were told to stay back and mixed into the population and married the locals. Their offsprings were secretly told to get into the leadership to ultimately conspire to cede Taiwan into Japan. They learned mandarin but they did not learn Minan (Fujian dialect). So that is the only secret they could be detected. Basically, they secretly get their children to learn their Japanese language. Ultimately they will be back to Japan with Taiwan. It is a conspiracy !
@nirvana3921
@nirvana3921 18 күн бұрын
The Taiwan controversy was only a continuation of the Chinese Civil War (1946-1949). Most democracies sympathize with Taiwan simply out of values. I think if the U.S. military forces in the Asia-Pacific region are not directly involved in the war in Taiwan. Taiwan will be completely occupied by the PLA within a week. And the thinking of most Taiwanese is extremely naïve. They know almost nothing about military affairs. Because Taiwanese army is not at all an equal in magnitude opponent of the PLA. Taiwan is not Ukraine. Taiwan is an island. If the PLA begins to attack Taiwan, it will definitely set up a no-fly zone and a no-voyage zone. And dispatch all naval and air forces to guard the perimeter. This means that U.S and Japanese transport aircraft and transport ships cannot come close to the island. It is impossible to give Taiwan more weapons and equipment. And the area of Taiwan is less than 5% of Ukraine. And Taiwan does not have strategic depth. The war is also unlikely to drag on like Ukraine. China will only fight a quick victory. If the US military in the Asia-Pacific is involved War in Taiwan. Then all US military bases in Japan and South Korea, as well as in Southeast Asia, will be devastated. However, if Washington escalates further, the world will be on the brink of all-out nuclear war. Washington's actions in the light of the war in Ukraine. I do not think that the US military will be directly involved in the war in Taiwan. Because it's not sane and not cost-effective.
@animariani6768
@animariani6768 24 күн бұрын
😢😢😢😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
@kampoengbatoe2699
@kampoengbatoe2699 24 күн бұрын
Will Lai continue Tsai's previous plan to import 100,000 Indian workers to clean up all toilets in government buildings? Millions of young Indians are still jobless, desperately need to work. As India's "brother" Lai shall help lah.
@chinaiscoming1017
@chinaiscoming1017 24 күн бұрын
赖省长为啥不要求美国爸爸先承认中华民国呢😂
@user-xk3ff5ld3m
@user-xk3ff5ld3m 23 күн бұрын
不承認中華民國,但承認台灣。啾咪
@chinaiscoming1017
@chinaiscoming1017 23 күн бұрын
@@user-xk3ff5ld3m 那赶紧让金门马祖独立啦
@nirajkafle9147
@nirajkafle9147 24 күн бұрын
New Zelensky In Town ..
@raihan8097
@raihan8097 24 күн бұрын
My condolences to all Chinese 🇨🇳 who lost their freedom of speech and independent brain, and have become victims of expansionism in disguise of nationalism with the fact that China is NO Superpower: - The GDP per capita of the second most populous country is 99th in the world, still behind many African countries, - It doesn't respect international laws and orders, and - it's coercive against smaller nations
@CNTikTok
@CNTikTok 24 күн бұрын
Are you talking about your American dad? Have you forgotten that the United States and the West invaded and colonized the whole world?
@AhmetTekin101
@AhmetTekin101 23 күн бұрын
​@@CNTikTokNo, the US is to keep peace and international order.
@user-fd3ld9qc7d
@user-fd3ld9qc7d 23 күн бұрын
Let me say this bluntly to you: Taiwan's democracy is fake and a farce! In fact, most of the Western world and their cronies are fake, self-declared democracies. Such as the USA calling itself a democracy when in fact it is a plutocracy. How can you tell the difference between genuine and fake democracies? Simple, we just need go back to the terminology of the word: the rule of the common people. The rule of the common people, not some capitalist, special interest groups, oligarchs or elites. Sure elites can be leaders and govern over a people, but not rulers (like mainland China or Singapore); leadership and governance does not equate rulership. In theory, autocracy means he rule of the autocrat (a monarch like a king or dictator). In reality however, as many times in history, we see kings that aren't genuine rulers of their kingdoms. Such kings are called puppet-kings, where genuine power were seized by puppeteers, such as Cao Cao making Emperor Xian of Han his puppet, or Empress Dowager Cixi making Emperor Guangxu of Qing her puppet, or Princess Sophia making Tsar Peter I her puppet (until she was disposed by Peter I eventually), hence just because it is an autocracy by definition doesn't make it a true autocracy in reality. Likewise, a democracy is the rule of the common people by definition, ie. the people serves collectively as the ruler, the king. But this king made out of the collective common people could also become a puppet to puppeteer(s). Such puppeteers are the plutocrats, oligarchs, capitalists, special interest groups, etc. You might say that the people can still vote, but results of elections can be manipulated, controlled and predetermined by the puppeteer(s) through many means including demagoguery, gerrymandering, media control, financial control, vote rigging, etc. Hence voting does not necessarily equate democracy. In fact, ancient Greece had more sortition (where candidates are sorted and picked via lottery) than election as the fairest form of choosing public servants. Voting/election is not the root of rulership. The root of rulership is political power backed by 2 essential factors: wealth (the richer you are, the more powerful you are) and means of violence (Mao Zedong: "Power grows out from the barrel of the gun"). A true democracy is one where all the common people are wealthy, ie. common prosperity (Singapore and to a lesser extent mainland China). A society where the wealthy disparity is high and not having any signs of improving is no real democracy. And a nation where the armed forces are from the people, for the people and by the people is a truer democracy (the PLA is from the people and for the people. Although it may not be by the people since it is under the CPC, but given that the CPC upholds the People's Democratic Dictatorship, the PLA is still indirectly by the the people.) A nation/region/society where the bulk of its wealth and means of violence are held by the minority and not the majority (such as USA, and of course China's renegade region of Taiwan) is no real democracy!
@muhammadyunan2811
@muhammadyunan2811 23 күн бұрын
​@@AhmetTekin101do you mean keep the genocide still exist in Middle East, Palestine, and North Africa? 😂
@muhammadyunan2811
@muhammadyunan2811 23 күн бұрын
Mainland is tottaly poor country in the past, but now they become a giant. Advanced in technology and military. Their GDP are still low arround usd15k, but their price are cheap too 😂 their PPP is the biggest in the entire world tho
@tayspiderx
@tayspiderx 24 күн бұрын
Unification is inevitable ❤
@ceceliachoo2764
@ceceliachoo2764 24 күн бұрын
👎👎👎👎
@ignatiusiannugrohotanzil2658
@ignatiusiannugrohotanzil2658 24 күн бұрын
Yes. of course the Capital of Legitimate China will return to Nanjing from Taipei one day. China are strong and peaceful under the Three Principles of People.
@otautahilion
@otautahilion 23 күн бұрын
Yes the rebellious 75 year old child will return to the family of the 113 year old father.
@jborgz
@jborgz 23 күн бұрын
It is not possible, United States of America will watch.
@DonBossMan12
@DonBossMan12 21 күн бұрын
Long live Taiwan, long live President Lai! -Philipines
@RBC376SG
@RBC376SG 24 күн бұрын
He will loose
@ahmaddono4886
@ahmaddono4886 24 күн бұрын
Support PLA liberate Taiwan
@sgfuture7114
@sgfuture7114 24 күн бұрын
Lai love to lie 😊
@ald6265
@ald6265 24 күн бұрын
Xi lie about Lai.
@jborgz
@jborgz 23 күн бұрын
Xi Jin Ping has a small dick.
@FangLala-dw9rf
@FangLala-dw9rf 24 күн бұрын
Great China 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
@AmairaNymativy-uy7vf
@AmairaNymativy-uy7vf 24 күн бұрын
Mainland and Taiwan are considered parts of China since the end of WWII. Someone Taiwanese want to deprive the mainland’s share in Taiwan without any compensation. Lai is the leader of this robbery and he urges mainland to allow this robbery a peaceful success.
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