Opposition Quote by Chen Shui-bian

For years, Taiwan has been dominated politically by a single party, the Kuomintang. People now want the place to be more democratic. They want…

— Tsai Ing-wen

Taiwan is democratic.

— Annette Lu

We have a serious commitment to Taiwan being able to defend itself.

— Antony Blinken

[We should] set our eyes on the future. The political differences between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan should eventually be solved step by step,…

— Xi Jinping

Taiwan is a budding democracy, and the people have participated in multi-party democratic elections since 1996.

— Todd Akin

I think that Chairman Xi Jinping's courage tackling corruption is an important matter in the development of Chinese society. I also look forward to…

— Tsai Ing-wen

Taiwan isn't ruled by rule of law. Taiwan is a country of liars and fraudsters. Our politicians are full of lies. They change their…

— Ko Wen-je

I think that there is a relatively small number of people who are pushing for independence in Taiwan.

— Fred Thompson

Taiwan will probably not declare independence. The question isn't independence. The issue is whether Taiwan will declare itself as a sovereign separate state. That…

— Henry A. Kissinger

If China do take economic measures to apply pressure to Taiwan, they will have to think about the price that they are going to…

— Tsai Ing-wen

We must unify Taiwan; we cannot afford to have our society being divided in half.

— Chen Shui-bian

Ultimately, China may use force to push for unification with Taiwan, a scenario we all must work to prevent.

— Michael K. Simpson