SELF-RELIANT? In response to a local media report, President Tsai Ing-wen said that a strong national defense and self-defense capabilities are ‘our’ responsibility
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 24, 2018
By: Lu Yi-hsuan and Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNA
Without continuing US military support, Taiwan would be vulnerable to an armed
Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu responds to a question from Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Ma Wen-chun during a question-and-answer session on May 28 at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. Photo: Lin Cheng-kung, Taipei Times
takeover from Beijing, Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) said in an interview with CNN that aired yesterday.
CNN correspondent Matt Rivers asked Wu: “If the United States continues to increase its support — militarily — for Taiwan as you foresee, does that not increase the potential risk of confrontation — militarily — with China?”
“No, the opposite is true,” Wu said.
Stronger Taiwan-US security ties would “become a barrier for the Chinese to think about the future military scenarios against Taiwan,” Wu said.
The Chinese government says it wants to “win the hearts and minds of the Taiwanese people,” Wu said. “However, what they are doing … is to create hatred among the regular Taiwanese people toward the Chinese government.”
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