US and Taiwan leaders have not spoken since Washington shifted diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979.
Taiwan not to give up ‘free way of life under pressure’: PresidentLai says Taiwan will not provoke conflict with China, but will not forsake its dignity or democratic values.
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