“China may look strong outside, but it has many problems inside,” the Japan Times quoted him as saying
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/10/13
By: Juvina Lai, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Japan’s former defense minister, Tokuichiro Tamazawa, told
(By Central News Agency)
the two-day Yushan Forum in Taipei that as Taiwan already enjoys de facto independence, its best way to deal with China now is to maintain the status quo while remaining calm.
Tamazawa said in his speech, “Taiwan is already an independent democratic and free country. To protect your country, it will be a good idea to refrain from acting with undue haste.”
According to the Japan Times, the ex-defense chief of Japan counseled that Taiwan should maintain its calm so peace and stability between Taiwan and China could prevail, and wait until the time is ‘right.’ He said he believed that the right time will come when Taiwan will eventually be given the name of an independent nation.
He also mentioned that he wasn’t sure how long it would take for Taiwan to achieve the state of an ‘independent’ nation because it is an issue the Taiwanese government should spend time studying. He used the example of the Baltic countries who got their independence from the Soviet Union. [FULL STORY]
