TAIPEI — Taiwan's new president should adopt a less muscular stance toward China, even if it is unlikely to soften Beijing's own hawkish stance, an International Crisis Group report says.
President Lai Ching-te, who is from the same pro-sovereignty Democratic Party, has taken a “different approach” to China than his predecessor, Tsai Ing-wen, the report released Thursday, titled “The Widening Divide in the Taiwan Strait,” said. Progress Party. He points out that while Tsai's “measured” style may not stop Chinese aggression, it is still beneficial.