Lai Warns of Authoritarianism on 80th Anniversary of VE Day

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President Lai Ching-te says Taiwan and Europe face a shared threat from authoritarianism as Taiwan for the first time holds an event to commemorate the end of World War II in Europe.

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00:00Here in the center of Taipei, Taiwan's President Lai Qingde is gathering foreign dignitaries

00:05and diplomats to commemorate, for the first time here in Taiwan, the end of World War

00:10II in Europe.

00:11Why?

00:12Well, Lai has an important message that authoritarian aggression is alive and well, and it's being

00:17felt keenly here in Taiwan as China continues to put military pressure on Taiwan to push

00:24it to accept its claims of sovereignty over the country.

00:28Taiwan and the most likely the ciekawist regime is the same in the national response and technology and the Internet of Taiwan.

00:33We are close to talking about the rain and the unknown interruption, in our society.

00:37We are close to the U.S. and a community of supply chain networks.

00:38I remember that the U.S. government is getting all of the time and over the years

00:41and running through the wall.

00:42We are close to the US-kip.

00:43We are close to the U.S. government to by the Empire, and the government to the U.S.

00:47The U.S. government will lose control by the tactical Above War, and the U.S. government.

00:48We are close to all of the physical conflict, and the UNFiles, and the U.S. community, and the U.S. communities.

00:51We're close to the international economic front of the business Dip on the border.

00:52This comes as Chinese President Xi Jinping joins Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow

01:05to mark the same occasion, Lai here aligning himself with like-minded democracies and the

01:11rules-based international order established after World War II, and calling on them to

01:17unite in the face of rising 21st century authoritarian aggression.

01:22Alex Chen and Rick Glowatt in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.

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