Lai's 'history lessons' risible nonsense

If Lai Ching-te, head of the Democratic Progressive Party authorities of Taiwan, really cares about the well-being of the 23 million residents on the Chinese island, he would not have relentlessly tried to push the envelope in seeking "Taiwan independence".

The diehard secessionist openly peddled false theories on the Chinese island's history in a bid to try and prove its separation from its motherland is a "historical" fact.

Giving the first of 10 speeches in a series called "uniting the country", Lai deliberately altered Taiwan's history, denying the fact that Taiwan has been an integral part of China since ancient times and rejecting the notion that Taiwan's indigenous peoples migrated directly or indirectly from the mainland. He disregards the historical fact that successive Chinese governments have administered Taiwan.