DPP's Lai claims his election will minimize risk of war with China

Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential nominee Lai Ching-te (賴清德) has claimed his election would minimize the risk of a cross-strait conflict -- despite China's repeated warnings that any push for Taiwan independence would "mean war."

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