Radio Taiwan Internatinal 
Date: 28 March, 2019
By: Paula Chao

President Tsai Ing-wen’s videoconference with the Heritage Foundation

President Tsai Ing-wen says Taiwan must boost its self-defense capabilities. Tsai was speaking Thursday in Hawaii during a videoconference with Washington think tank the Heritage Foundation.

The president said Taiwan is an integral part of the Pacific. She also said the government’s approach to the Indo-Pacific centers on three core principles: democracy, regional prosperity, and collective security.

Tsai said Taiwan has been seeking co-existence and reconciliation across the Taiwan Strait rather than confrontation. She accused China of trying to change the status quo.
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