TERROR OR BUDGET? The KMT was accused of terror when it made similar comments, but Tsai might be trying to boost the defense budget, a lawmaker said
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 24, 2018
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
Political talk show host Cheng Hung-yi, left, interviews President Tsai Ing-wen at the SET television studio in Taipei on Monday. Photo copied from the SET iNews Web site
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) should devise plans to reduce the possibility of the Chinese government launching an armed assault on Taiwan, lawmakers said yesterday.
“No one should ever rule out the possibility” of a Chinese attack, Tsai said during an interview on Monday, when asked by political talk show host Cheng Hung-yi (鄭弘儀) whether China could launch an armed assault on Taiwan.
However, as all decisionmaking by national leaders come at a cost, how the scenario would play out would depend on whether the Chinese president can make rational decisions, Tsai said.
Considering the international situation and regional stability, there is a “high likelihood” that China would launch an attack on Taiwan, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Ma Wen-chun (馬文君) said yesterday. [FULL STORY]
