Tsai says China must ‘coexist’ with a democratic Taiwan

Beijing must find a way to live peacefully alongside a democratic Taiwan that will never accept Chinese rule, President Tsai Ing-wen said Wednesday in an inauguration speech that also celebrated the island’s successful fight against the coronavirus. Voters handed Tsai a second term with a landslide win in January, a vocal rebuke of Beijing’s ongoing campaign to isolate the island. Tsai is loathed by Beijing because she views Taiwan as a de facto…