Taiwan’s foreign ministry says it will resist all forms of external influence, aimed at interfering with its Presidential election scheduled for January 13.
In a statement today, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, Taiwan is taking measures to counter China’s interference and is documenting its experiences, promising to publish its analysis soon after the vote.
Taiwan’s government has also pointed to military and economic pressure as well as Chinese-subsidised trips to China for local Taiwanese officials, as evidence of Beijing’s alleged interference ahead of the January 13 presidential and parliamentary election.
In a swift reaction, China’s Taiwan Affairs Office has called Taiwan’s elections a purely internal Chinese matter, noting that the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is trying to call any kind of interactions between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait election interference.
Taiwan’s presidential and parliamentary elections are taking place against a backdrop of what the island’s government says is a concerted effort by China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, to sway the vote to get electors to vote for candidates Beijing may prefer.
