Taiwan rejects China's 'one country, two systems' plan for the island

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Taiwan rejects the "one country, two systems" model proposed by Beijing in a white paper published this week, the self-ruled island's foreign ministry said on Thursday.

Only Taiwan's people can decide its future, ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou told a news conference in Taipei, the capital.

China was using U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taipei as an "excuse to create a new normality to intimidate Taiwan's people," Ou added.

Reporting by Sarah Wu; Writing by Martin Quin Pollard; Editing by Clarence Fernandez

REUTERS