[https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/10/asia/taiwan-national-day-tsai-intl-hnk/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/10/asia/taiwan-national-day-tsai-intl-hnk/index.html) >"Taiwan will not bow to pressure and nobody can force it to accept the path China has laid out for the self-governing democracy, President Tsai Ing-wen said Sunday as the island celebrated its National Day amid heightened tensions with Beijing."