TAIPEI: Taiwan on Thursday lashed out at tech billionaire Elon Musk for "blindly flattering" Beijing after he called the self-ruling island "an integral part" of China.

Beijing claims Taiwan as its own territory awaiting "reunification" and has intensified pressure since independence-leaning Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen came to power in 2016.

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