force against Taiwan

President Lai Ching-te says U-S President Donald Trump would deserve to win a
Nobel Peace Prize if he could get China to renounce the use of force against
Taiwan.

Lai told conservative U-S radio show host Buck Sexton that his administration
hopes Taiwan will continue to enjoy Trump's support...

.. and if he is able to convince Xi Jinping to renounce the use of force
against Taiwan, he will surely win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Asked what he would want Trump to know if he could speak to him directly ...

.... Lai said he hopes Trump takes note of the fact that Xi is holding "ever
larger military exercises" in the Taiwan Strait and "expanding China's
military deployment in the South and East China seas."

Lai said if Beijing is able to annex Taiwan, China will be in a stronger
position to compete with the United States and alter the rules-based
international order - and that will eventually also impact U-S interests.

Lai's interview on the conservative-aligned radio program comes a month after
reports said Trump had declined to approve 400-million U-S dollars in
military aid to Taiwan amid US-China talks ..

... and amid reports that Lai's plans to visit Taiwan's South American allies
this summer were also delayed or cancelled when Trump blocked a stopover in
New York.