Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/12/19
By: Elaine Hou and Emerson Lim

Stephen Yates
"I do think that we need to have an international conversation that is serious about how do we attach a cost to the efforts to pressure and isolate the free and democratic people of Taiwan," Stephen Yates, now a commentator on FOX news, said during a media forum held at Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).
He made the comment in a response to media questions about practical ways for Taiwan or the U.S. to respond to China's exclusion of Taiwan from international organizations and poaching Taiwan's diplomatic allies.
"If a diplomatic ally is taken away, then from my point of view, perhaps the U.S. Secretary of State should come to Taiwan for a conversation," he said. [FULL STORY]