Ex-President Lee calls on Tsai to 'have vision'TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Former President Lee Teng-hui has questioned Tsai Ing-wen's ability to push through reforms, warning that without decisive leadership she could become as unpopular as embattled South Korean leader Park Geun-hye. Despite the strongly worded remarks, Lee said he was "not criticizing" the incumbent president but rather "urging her to work harder." "Taiwan is Taiwan, it is not part of China," Lee said, adding that in 1999 he had also introduced the notion of a "special state-to-state relationship" to define relations with China. Taiwan is TaiwanSpeaking with press after the event, Lee questioned the Tsai administration's stated cross-straits policy of "maintaining the status quo," describing China and Taiwan as "two independent countries." Koo, head of the college's alumni association, urged Tsai to back talk of maintaining the cross-strait status quo with concrete action, describing it as "irresponsible" to do otherwise.

Source: The China Post November 26, 2016 16:29 UTC