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"Lai Ching-te's Taiwan independence fallacy is just old wine in a new bottle, and again exposes his obstinate stance on Taiwan independence and his sinister intentions of escalating hostility and confrontation," said the statement from China's Taiwan Affairs Office.

"Depending what mood I was in, or what mood he was in, I would think of a word that he might have been that day, like obstinate," he laughed.

He also accused Hamas of being "obstinate" in negotiations and called for further pressure to be applied on the militant group.

She represented this neighborhood during her 16 years on the City Council, and has little patience for obstinate bureaucracy.

He excelled at convincing even the obstinate to trust him.