A controversial plan to change Taiwan’s law governing relations with mainland China, which critics said could edge the island towards “de jure independence”, appears to have collapsed within days.
The failure of the draft legislation to even reach the legislature’s agenda committee underscored the sensitivity of the issue amid mounting pressure from Beijing, which warned on Sunday that a declaration of independence would mean war.
The initiative to amend the Act Governing Relations Between the…
Bid to change Taiwan law that prompted Beijing to warn of war risk falls at first hurdle
