APPEAL: A Japanese participant said Taiwan, the US, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines need to cooperate more closely on China and North Korea
Taipei Times
Date: Mar 05, 2018
By: Staff writer, with CNA
Taiwanese lawmakers joined their colleagues from Japan, South Korea and the
Gusi Peace Prize Foundation founder Barry Gusi, left, speaks at the East Asia Peace Forum in Taipei yesterday as 21st Century Economic and Social Research Institute chairman Yoo Joon-sang, center, and Japanese political commentator Hideaki Kase look on. Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times
Philippines yesterday in Taipei calling for greater cooperation in maintaining regional peace and stability in the face of threats from China and North Korea.
Enhancing cooperation between Taiwan, the US, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines — especially in the area of information sharing — to counter Beijing’s influence is critical to the surveillance of China’s actions in the region, Japanese House of Representatives member Keisuke Suzuki told the East Asia Peace Forum.
That Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) could invade Taiwan is a “real threat,” the four-term lawmaker and member of the Liberal Democratic Party said.
China is a dictatorship where Xi’s legitimacy is contingent on whether he can create welfare and economic benefits for the people and deliver the “China dream,” Suzuki said on the second day of the forum, which was initiated by former vice president Annette Lu (呂秀蓮). [FULL STORY]