Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has sought to bolster military exchanges with the United States in the face of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) continued provocations against the self-ruled island.
“Going forward, Taiwan will step up cooperation with the United States and other democratic partners to confront such global challenges as authoritarian expansionism and climate change,” Tsai said on Tuesday.
Tsai made the remarks during a meeting with a U.S. delegation in Taipei, which occurred just days after U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense Michael Chase made an unannounced visit to Taiwan on Feb. 17.
The Taiwanese leader said that her nation “would continue to bolster military exchanges” with the United States, but she did not go into detail about what these military exchanges would entail….