Taiwan’s Tsai warns China ‘suppression’ would harm ties

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson and presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (R) waves to her supporters after her election victory at party headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan January 16, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s new president Tsai Ing-wen warned China that “suppression” would harm cross-strait ties Saturday after her landslide win against the ruling Beijing-friendly Kuomintang.

“Our democratic system, national identity and international space must be respected. Any forms of suppression will harm the stability of cross-strait relations,” she told reporters at the Democratic Progressive Party’s headquarters in Taipei.