Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/23
By: Joseph Yeh
Taipei, July 23 (CNA) Taiwan needs the United States’ continuous support in the
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face of China’s growing military threat or it will be vulnerable to being taken over by force by Beijing, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) told CNN during an interview aired Monday.
Asked if the U.S.’s continuous military support for Taiwan would increase the potential risk of military confrontation with China, Wu told CNN that the reality is quite the opposite.
“What we are concerned about is that the U.S. does not support Taiwan anymore,” he said.
“If the security ties between Taiwan and the U.S. are getting stronger and strengthening our ties, then that would become a barrier for the Chinese to think about future military scenarios against Taiwan,” Wu said. [FULL STORY]
