CHINA VIEWS TAIWAN’S ‘ELIMINATION’ AS NATIONAL CAUSE, TAIWAN PRESIDENT SAYS
China views the annexation and “elimination” of Taiwan as its great national cause, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday, telling cadets at the military’s premier academy they must know their enemy and not give in to defeatism. Lai has faced sustained personal attacks from China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, since assuming office last month, with Beijing calling…