China has accused Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te of undermining cross-strait peace following his second-anniversary speech. Beijing criticized his remarks as filled with lies and hostility.

Beijing has accused Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te of “destroying cross-strait peace” shortly after he gave a speech to mark his second anniversary in power in the wake of Donald Trump’s remarks on Taiwan independence. The State Council’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) said on Tuesday that Lai’s anniversary speech and his subsequent remarks to reporters were filled with “lies and deception, hostility and confrontation”. Spokesman Chen Binhua said Lai had “stubbornly adhered to the erroneous....