A Taiwanese professor has told the Chinese-language Epoch Times in an exclusive interview that only by adamantly opposing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) can Taiwan be strong. His comments come following Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen’s recent warning that Taiwan will be reduced to another Hong Kong if it chooses to appease the CCP. Tsai, who is also Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairwoman, spoke at a local party meeting in Taipei on March 16, saying: “Taiwan faces tremendous external pressure. We’ve been targeted by China over and over again. Taiwan’s confidence to stand up to China has almost worn away. But she warned, “If we choose to please China, Taiwan will be turned into a second Hong Kong for sure.” Yen Chien-Fa, a former chairman of the DPP’s China Affairs Committee and professor of business administration at Chien Hsin University of Science and Technology, said that in order to hold onto its …