Lai Says Taiwan Won’t Be Sacrificed as Trump Weighs Arms Deal

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te said the self-ruled democracy cannot be traded away, days after US President Donald Trump described a planned $14 billion arms sale to Taipei as a bargaining chip with China.

from mint - politics Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te said the self-ruled democracy cannot be traded away, days after US President Donald Trump described a planned $14 billion arms sale to Taipei as a bargaining chip with China.