Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-06-29

President Tsai Ing-wen attended a graduation ceremony at the ROC Army Academy

on Friday and said defense reforms in the last two years have borne results. The ROC or Republic of China is Taiwan’s official name.

Tsai acknowledged the military’s performance, especially in developing Taiwan’s own military hardware. She also encouraged the new graduates to keep working hard to prepare for more complex threats in the future.

Tsai also reiterated the results of defense reform during her two years in office.

“[The military] is working hard on the upgrading barracks. The new barracks will provide an unprecedented level of comfort and will also provide ample space for study. We are also pushing our cadets to develop secondary skills by providing training in different skills and languages. This will allow them to have a specialty to fall back on [when they return to] civilian life,” said Tsai.     [FULL  STORY]