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Taiwan’s Lai Urges Democracies to Unite After Trump-Xi Summit

Bloomberg10 October 2026, 03:35 UTCTaiwan

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te called on democracies in the region to unite against threats to stability, as the island faces pressure from Beijing and concerns that Donald Trump’s rapprochement with China could come at Taiwan’s expense.

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