Taipei: During
commemorating the Tiananmen Anniversary in China’s Tiananmen Square, Taiwan’s
newly elected president Tsai Ing-wen said that ‘democracy is not to fear
anything.’ Tsai made a Facebook post on Sunday too saying that Taiwan could
serve as an example to China.
She said: “These
many friends, after experiencing things for themselves can see that in fact
there’s nothing scary about democracy. Democracy is a good and fine thing.” Addressing the anniversary, Tsai
added that during her run up to the elections earlier this year, she saw people
from across Chinese territories mixing with the Taiwan people.
In the 27th
anniversary of Taiwan, the newly elected President of the State asserted that
Chinese political system should learn from Taiwan. Though she denied any
criticism against China but emphasized upon Taiwan’s experience on becoming a
democracy that China can rely upon in near future. Thanking the ruling
government that contributed in increasing the people’s standard of life, Tsai
said that, “Freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law
"are a way of life and universal values cherished by people around the
world.”
Tiananmen connects
itself with an infamous student protest in China that dates back to 1989. Also known as Tiananmen Square
Protests of 1989, June Fourth Incident or ’89 Democracy Movement, the protest
was led by students backing the pro-democracy reasons. Reports are that leading
students’ union in China boycotted the candlelight march to commemorate the day
saying that the march now focuses on Chinese issues rather than democratic
issues in the nation.
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