On the anniversary of China's bloody crackdown on student-led protests in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square, Taiwan's new president told China on Saturday that democracy is nothing to fear.
Tsai Ing-wen said in a Facebook post on the 27th anniversary of the uprising that Taiwan could serve as an example to China.
Tsai said in the run-up to Taiwan's elections earlier this year she had seen people from China, as well as the Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macau, mixing with crowds in Taiwan.
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