China should follow Taiwan’s lead in establishing a democratic system of government, Vice President Mike Pence urged Thursday.

“America will always believe that Taiwan’s embrace of democracy shows a better path for all the Chinese people,” Pence said at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank.

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