Mainland China not the motherland, says Taiwan's president, because our republic is older

Lai Ching-te argues the reverse may be true because the Republic of China - the mantle that nationalists carried with them to Taiwan - predates the communist People's Republic It is "impossible" for the People's Republic of China to become Taiwan's motherland because Taiwan has older political roots, the island's president has said. Lai Ching-te, who took office in May, is condemned by Beijing as a separatist. He rejects Beijing's sovereignty claims, saying the island is a country called the Rep...