Global Alliance Backs Taiwan’s Right to Self-Determination

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The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, a group representing lawmakers from over 30 countries, has strongly pushed back against US President Donald Trump's remarks describing US arms sales to Taiwan as a "negotiating chip" after his summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The global coalition declared that Taiwan is an autonomous democracy, warning that sidelining its people from discussions about their own future seriously undermines global stability.

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00:00The global coalition has affirmed that Taiwan's future should not be determined by talks between the U.S. and China,

00:07but rather by its own people.

00:09The Interparliamentary Alliance on China, a group of lawmakers from more than 30 countries, made a statement in response to

00:15the recent summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping.

00:19After the summit, Trump warned Taiwan against declaring independence and described U.S. arms sales to Taiwan as a very

00:26good negotiating chip.

00:28The IPAC countered that Taiwan is an autonomous democracy and that discussions of its political status must include Taiwan.

00:36He added that excluding Taiwan from this process to undermine global stability.

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