Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/12/27
By: Shih Hsiu-chuan
Taipei, Dec. 27 (CNA) The Cabinet manages cross-Taiwan Strait relations as an issue that
Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德)
extends beyond Taiwan and China to involve the international community, Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德) said Wednesday.
How the evolution of cross-strait relations affects the international community is the context under which the Cabinet looks at the situation, Lai said.
He cited as an example drills recently conducted by Chinese military planes around Taiwan’s airspace, saying that the practice has also elicited deep concern from the United States, Japan and South Korea.
Lai made the remarks at the Cabinet’s year-end press conference in response to a reporter asking for his comment on recent developments in cross-strait relations, including an analysis by the Ministry of National Defense that China has the ability to cross the “first island chain” into the Western Pacific. [FULL STORY]
