Mr. Lai, while keeping Taiwan's basic policy toward China unchanged, has been blunter in rebuffing its demands. In his judgment, there's nothing to be gained from being ambiguous the conclusion is that Beijing is going to press them, no matter what.
For decades, cross-strait relations really lay on ambiguities and not saying what you really think, but I think that a lot of that is being eliminated. There's less room for maneuverability.
China's leader, Xi Jinping, is focused on fixing its economy and has indicated that he wants to keep tensions with the United States, Taiwan's security partner, in check.
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