00:00Officials and scholars in Taipei are pushing back on claims made by China's top diplomat about Taiwan's sovereignty.
00:06At a roundtable Monday, the deputy head of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, which handles cross-strait matters, called on Beijing
00:13to accept what he calls an objective fact.
00:32The comments came after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday reiterated Beijing's long-standing claims over Taiwan.
00:41He was speaking on the sidelines of the two sessions, the annual meetings of China's top legislative and advisory bodies.
00:56Beijing has been increasing pressure on Taiwan through military drills, diplomatic isolation, and what Taipei says are more than 100
01:03cases of Taiwanese citizens and officials being targeted overseas.
01:07Scholars also discussed the recent purge of Chinese military officials, warning it is a move by Chinese leader Xi Jinping
01:14to tighten his grip on the military.
01:17So I think, regardless of which direction, regardless of what reason or logic, what truth is, what truth is, what
01:27truth is, what the greatest enemy of the military is, is Xi Jinping.
01:31The greatest enemy of the military is Xi Jinping.
01:34Officials also warned that Chinese efforts to intimidate and interfere with Taiwan's politics will continue in 2026, and that the
01:41country should remain vigilant.
01:42With the range and intensity of those efforts constantly growing, catching all of them could be a tall order.
01:49Klein Wang, Andy Xue, and Chris Gorin for Taiwan Plus.
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