Xiao Meiqin, the vice president of Taiwan, pointed out that the stability of the Taiwan Strait has attracted international attention. The government must shape the stable and trusted environment in Taiwan.The partnerships of democratic countries, as well as the four pillars of peaceful leadership capabilities of cross -strait leadership with a stable and principled principle.
Xiao Meiqin delivered the above speech on Saturday (April 13) in his speech at the "45th Anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Law".
She said, Cai Yingwen's stable leadership, /A>, reaching the zero accident mutual trust, this will be the key to the future Taiwan government's continuous stack of goodwill.She believes that Lai Qingde has a sense of mission and has the ability to make Taiwan continue to serve as a element of stability, responsibility, and contributing regional prosperity in the Indo -Pacific region.
This year is the 45th anniversary of the legislation of Taiwan Relations Law. Xiao Meiqin said that Taiwan faced a key moment 45 years ago. The U.S. Congress passed the Taiwan Relations Law to ensure and promote the economic and cultural relations between Taiwan and the United States.The United States must also construct capabilities to resist the force that harms Taiwan's security; to this day, Taiwan and the United States are facing new challenges. Taiwanese people and many foreign companies and investors are concerned about whether the Taiwan Strait can maintain peace and stability.
Xiao Meiqin emphasized that the people of Taiwan must show their determination to defend freedom, democracy and sovereignty, enhance budgets, and accelerate military reform in order to gain more support from international friends.
Former US Department of Defense, Hu Zhendong, mentioned in the forum that the United States Association (AIT) has changed in the past 45 years, and has transformed from an organization with Washington as the main body to Taipei as the main body.In the past, officials had to take leave from the State Council in order to be sent to the State Council, and now they can be sent directly. In the past, AIT could not raise the US flag in Taiwan. Now it can raise flags every day. The United States has canceled many self -limited regulations.
As for whether the Taiwan Relations Law needs to be revised according to time and space changes, Joshua Thomas Wenger, a postdoctoral researcher at the Central Research Institute, pointedAttempts to change the status quo, at the same time scare Taiwan to declare independence, and hope that Taiwan will have the ability to self -preserve; now most Taiwanese want to maintain the status quo and do not hesitate to fight independence.It is Beijing's continued strengthening military threat.
Yu Zongji, the former dean of the School of Political and War of the National Defense University, said in response to a question that the United States supports Taiwan to establish a land defense group composed of volunteers. Lai Qingde will face pressure in this area.Although Tsai Ing -wen has not officially established the Land Defense Force, it has increased the gendarmerie in Taiwan from more than 5,000 to 10,000, and the number of security police second teams has doubled, and civil defense has strengthened.
He said that the United States is most worried about the degree of infiltration of the Taiwan military by mainland China. The U.S. India Command has come to Taiwan to conduct a three -month in -depth investigation and find that once the mainland moves against Taiwan, whether it is officers or soldiers,10%of people will surrender, 20%will run to other countries, and 70%will stay to defend Taiwan.
Guo Yuren, a professor at the China Institute of Asia -Pacific District, Sun Yat -sen University, also pointed out that the Taiwan Army is full of great Chinese thinking. The main educational axis on both sides of the strait are anti -Japanese history and civil war on the Communist Party of China.The two sides have at least 50%consensus.
