Taiwan’s representative to the U.S., Ambassador Alexander Yui, says there is no planned call yet between President Trump and Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, but he suggests Trump may have only heard “the Chinese story” about Taiwan during his trip to Beijing. “If he has time, would love to tell him our side of the story, the Taiwan story, which is one of resiliency, of a state staying up against the Chinese aggression,” Amb. Yui tells @margbrennan. “The communication between Taiwan and the U.S. is constant, it's current. But I'll leave it to the U.S. to announce anything, if it happens.”

Asked about President Trump’s announcement that he discussed U.S. arms sales to Taiwan with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their recent summit, Taiwan’s representative to the U.S., Ambassador Alexander Yui, noted that Trump “didn't say he agreed to anything.” “We believe, again, that having arms sales continue to Taiwan is in the interest of the United States and Taiwan to keep peaceful and stable Taiwan Straits.”

“We don't want a war. We want peace and stability,” says Taiwan’s representative to the U.S., Ambassador Alexander Yui, regarding relations with China. “We are sovereign, independent away from the Chinese People's Republic of China's attempt to swallow us as one of their own. They have never ruled or controlled Taiwan, ever,” he adds. “Those are intruders trying to get into our house. We're trying to beef up our security system. And then they complain, the intruder complains that because we're trying to improve our security system it’s making his job harder.”