Radio Taiwan Internatial
Date: 10 May, 2019
By: Paula Chao

President Tsai Ing-wen says “Taiwan’s self-made democracy still needs US partnership.” Tsai made the statement in an article published by Foreign Policy on Thursday.

In the article, Tsai wrote “against the backdrop of the Cold War, no one could have imagined that Taiwan would emerge as a beacon of democracy in Asia.”

Tsai also said the Taiwan Relations Act, enacted by the US government in 1979, provides a legal framework for exchanges between the two sides while assuring that Taiwan has “adequate defense capabilities to be free from coercion.”

Tsai wrote that with firm support from the US, Taiwanese people “transformed an authoritarian regime into a vibrant democracy” and held Taiwan’s first direct presidential election by popular vote in 1996.    [FULL  STORY]