China censures Taiwanese voters denounces ‘brazen’ US

China told people in Taiwan to vote for the candidate they want, before the presidential elections in Taiwan. China says that Taiwan belongs to them.

China said that if the ruling party candidate William Lai wins, it could cause problems for their relationship.

The US was warned by Beijing not to cause trouble before Saturday’s vote, but it did not listen. This made Beijing very angry.

Who the people choose in the poll could make the island move closer to or further away from Beijing.

Taiwan is an important place where China and the US are competing to be more powerful in Asia.

China’s Taiwan Affairs office said that if Mr Lai is elected, he would continue to support actions to separate Taiwan from China.

He kept doing bad things to make others want independence. It said in a statement that Taiwan would be pushed farther from peace and prosperity and closer to war and decline.

Mr Lai from the DPP wants voters to choose the best way to keep Taiwan independent. Hou Yu-ih from the Kuomintang (KMT) said Mr. Lai is a threat to relations with China.

Many people in Taiwan feel like they are their own country, but they don’t want to officially separate from China or join it. They want things to stay the way they are.

The island thinks it is different from the mainland, but China says it belongs to the country and might use force to make it part of China.

Mr Lai was just a little bit ahead in the race to be president before voting ended on January 2nd. There are also elections for the parliament happening.

China told the US to stop talking about the election.

Beijing’s foreign ministry criticized Washington for saying it would send a group of people to Taiwan after the vote.

The US government must not get involved in the elections. “to make sure we don’t harm the relationship between the US and China,” a spokesperson said.

China Strongly disagreeing with the American side’s bold talk about the elections in Taiwan.

Beijing said the people of Taiwan have to choose between peace and war during the elections.

Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu criticized China for getting involved in Saturday’s vote too many times.

“Mr Wu said Beijing should stop interfering in other countries’ elections and focus on their own. ” He wrote this on X, a social platform.