# Chinese mainland calls Lai Ching-te’s rhetoric two-faced and futile

https://mins.news/en/item/100713

- CGTN, 2026-10-14 13:34 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-10-14/Chinese-mainland-Lai-Ching-te-s-rhetoric-double-faced-and-futile-1ReKt0akhQA/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> Lai Ching-te said in his October 10 speech that Taiwan needs to build asymmetric combat power to, as he put it, deter war. The Chinese mainland condemned the remark, with its Taiwan Affairs Office calling it a deceptive, two-faced tactic.

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