Taipei, May 13 -- Taiwan President William Lai has called China the "biggest crisis" to the global free-trade system, citing repeated cases of unfair trade practices including plagiarism, counterfeiting, dumping, and intellectual property theft, Taipei Times reported.

His remarks were published Monday in an interview with Nikkei Asia, marking his first foreign media interview of the year.

"If this kind of unfair trade is not resolved, the stable societies and economic prosperity we have painstakingly built over decades, as well as some of the values we pursue, could be destroyed," William warned.

He said that Taiwan supported the recent actions taken by the US against such practices and stood ready to contribute further.

William's rem...