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HISTORICAL FACTS: China warns taiwan of reprisals over lai inauguration speech | History Defined

New Taiwan President Lai Ching-te vowed to defend the island's democracy -- angering China (Credit: AFP)

China on Tuesday slammed the inauguration speech of new Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te as a "confession of Taiwan independence", and warned it would take "countermeasures".

Earlier, Beijing said it had complained to the United States over Secretary of State Antony Blinken congratulating Taiwan on Lai's swearing-in.

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