China has ramped up its criticism of Taiwan's new President Lai Ching-te, with a government agency responsible for relations with the self-ruled island denouncing Lai's inaugural speech as a "confession" of his radical pro-independence stance.Chen Binhua, a spokesman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, claimed Tuesday that Lai "attempted to change the nature of the relations" between Beijing and Taipei, which "poses a serious challenge to the one-China principle."China regards Taiwan as an inalienable part of its territory.Lai, however, called Taiwan a "sovereign, independent natio…READ FULL ARTICLE
