Taiwan’s Lai Pledges to Work With Democracies to Check China
- Taiwan to boost defense capability and weapons procurement
- Lai Ching-te urges stable cross-strait ties, warns on conflict
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Taiwan President Lai Ching-te pledged to work with other democracies around the world to stand up to China, comments likely to deepen his rift with Beijing.
“Taiwan will try its utmost to hold the umbrella with democratic partners to protect democracies across the world from the expansion of authoritarianism,” Lai said Tuesday in a speech in Taipei. “The threat China poses to any single country is a threat to the world.”