Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-12-29

President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday showed off two models of aircraft designed in Taiwan as

Tsai shows two self-developed aircraft models. (CNA photo)

part of her administration’s push for autonomy in the nation’s defense. The president was giving a year-end press conference at the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology in Taoyuan. The institute has played a major role in Taiwan’s development of military hardware.

Tsai said Taiwan exists in a shifting geopolitical region where China’s ambitions to dominate have become increasingly apparent. For this reason, achieving autonomy in defense technology has been a crucial mission for her presidency, she said. But Tsai also said she believes that the Chinese leadership is not thinking of using force against Taiwan.

The president described the two aircraft models on display, a drone and a training aircraft.
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