Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Secretary-General Lin Yu-chang (林右昌) told an event in San Francisco on Saturday that “Taiwan’s sovereignty is inviolable.”
“Taiwanese have the defining power to decide their own future,” Lin told the meeting of the Taiwanese American Federation of Northern California (TAFNC).
These themes — Taiwanese sovereignty and Taiwanese self-determination — have been repeatedly raised in President William Lai's (賴清德) talks since his May inauguration, Lin told reporters before giving an opening speech at the dinner lecture.
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At the event, Lin said that Taiwan’s international role has become more important as a result of major global events including the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war.
He also said that the DPP needs to stay “young” and “vibrant” to respond to increasingly “challenging” global conditions.
Earlier that day at a lunch meeting with another overseas Taiwanese group, Lin also said that “supporting Taiwan” was a bipartisan stance in the US that represents the two countries’ shared values of democracy and freedom.
Lin, who was minister of the interior between January last year and May, is currently on a 13-day visit to the US.
Since arriving on Aug. 31, the DPP secretary-general has visited New York, Washington and Houston.
Lin said he would not disclose which US officials he has met or will meet during his visit, reflecting sensitivities surrounding the upcoming US presidential election in November, tense US-China relations and Beijing’s continued hostility toward Taiwanese sovereignty and the DPP.
The TAFNC was founded in 1973 to “promote Taiwanese and American cultural exchange,” according to the association’s Web site.
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