- A member of China’s body for relations can rival India’s misogynist best. Taiwan’s new woman president is apparently “extreme” in her politics because she lacks the emotional balance provided by romance and family.
- In Beijing’s harshest attack on Tsai Ing-wen since her inauguration last week, the new president was denounced as a flawed human being and strident advocate of Taiwan’s formal independence from China, something Beijing says it will use military force to prevent.
- Tsai, Taiwan’s first female president, has been criticised by Beijing for refusing to explicitly endorse the “one-China principle” that defines Taiwan as part of China.
(With inputs from AP)
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