GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES: Former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper and former White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders also spoke at the Yushan Forum
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 09, 2019
By: Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
China’s attempts to isolate Taiwan on the global stage would only hinder regional prosperity and
President Tsai Ing-wen delivers a speech yesterday at the opening of the two-day Yushan Forum, held by the Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation in Taipei, stressing that Taiwan is willing to participate more in regional partnerships.
Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times
The two-day forum is being hosted by the Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation and opened at the Grand Hyatt Taipei yesterday.
The first day of the forum, which has the theme “Deepening Progressive Partnerships in Asia,” was attended by representatives from Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, the US and Vietnam.
Tsai said she was glad to see that in its third year, the annual forum had become an important platform for regional dialogue. [FULL STORY]