Taiwan rejects China's 'one country, two systems' plan for the island

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Chinese and Taiwanese flags are seen in this illustration, August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

TAIPEI, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Taiwan rejects the "one country, two systems" model proposed by Beijing in a white paper published this week, the self-ruled island's foreign ministry said on Thursday.

Only Taiwan's people can decide its future, ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou told a news conference in Taipei, the capital.

China was using U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taipei as an "excuse to create a new normality to intimidate Taiwan's people," Ou added.

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Reporting by Sarah Wu; Writing by Martin Quin Pollard; Editing by Clarence Fernandez

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testedonsheep on August 11st, 2022 at 06:55 UTC »

1 country 2 system is really just fancy way of saying, let me slowly take over your country.

AntonBrakhage on August 11st, 2022 at 05:59 UTC »

Ask Hong Kong what "one country, two systems" really means.

honk_incident on August 11st, 2022 at 05:14 UTC »

Of course they would after seeing HK