Taiwan urges China to respect ROC democracy after Xi's unification remarks

Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council urged Beijing to acknowledge the ROC's existence and respect Taiwan's democracy after President Xi Jinping, speaking at a Sun Yat-sen anniversary ceremony, called unification with Taiwan 'inevitable.' The MAC rejected Beijing's 'one country, two systems' proposal, asserting the PRC has never ruled Taiwan and its future must be decided by its 23 million people.