China slams Taiwan leader over 'country' speech: state media
Beijing (AFP) June 23, 2025 China on Monday slammed Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te over a speech in which he said the island was "clearly a country", saying his "fallacies" would be "swept into the dustbin of history", state media reported. Lai, a staunch defender of Taiwan's sovereignty and detested by Beijing, said in a speech on Sunday that "Taiwan is clearly a country," as he kicked off a tour aimed at "uniting" t

