Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Tuesday likened China's aggression to the self-governed island to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

In her opening speech at the 11th Global Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy, Tsai cited authoritarian regimes' attempts to corrode democratic institutions as one of the greatest challenges since the Cold War, aside from the impact of the pandemic on global health and the economy.

"Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is a prime example. It shows that authoritarian regimes would do whatever it takes to achieve expansionism," Tsai said.

"The people of Taiwan are all too familiar with such aggression. In recent years, Taiwan has been confronted by increasingly aggressive threats from China," she added, citing military intimidation, cyber-attacks, and economic coercion as examples.

Tsai maintained that despite being under constant threats from Beijing, the people of Taiwan "have never shied away from the challenges of the authoritarian interference."

"Instead, the Taiwanese met them all and fought against forces looking to undermine our hard-earned democracy," she stressed.

Tsai was speaking at the opening ceremony of the World Movement for Democracy's Steering Committee.

The remarks came two months after China conducted military operations on all sides of the self-governing island, following the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in August.

Over the past decades, the People's Republic of China maintained its stance that Taiwan is a renegade province under its "One-China" principle and hopes to reunite the self-governed island with the mainland.