China calls Taiwan president's anniversary speech 'two-faced'

BEIJING, May 20 (Reuters) - China's Taiwan Affairs Office said on Tuesday that Taiwan President Lai Ching-te's speech marking his first year in office was a "two-faced tactic" that was "doomed to fail".

Lai said on Tuesday that Taiwan wants peace and dialogue with China, but the island's government must continue to strengthen its defences.

"No matter what the leaders of the Taiwan region say or how they say it, it cannot change the fact that Taiwan is a part of China," the office's spokesperson Chen Binhua said in a statement.