TAIPEI -- Taiwan wants to "continue a life of democracy [and] freedom" and rejects being ruled by China's Communist Party, President Lai Ching-te said on Friday, while visiting an island that has been a focus of increasing maritime pressure from Beijing.
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Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te pays his respects at a ceremony commemorating the war against Chinese forces on the frontline island of Kinmen on Aug. 23. © Reuters
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