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♣ Spiegel.de, Le Monde, CNN, BBC, TIME comment Tsai Ing-wen ♣ Taiwan media comment Tsai Ing-wen
♣ Taiwan's new president Lai Ching-te (William Lai) on office since May 2024 - click to read !!
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Tsai Ing-wen VS. JD Vance and prominent Republicans, e.g., Elbridge Colby |
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Politico (2024-11-23):
Former Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said that the
United States should prioritize helping Ukraine despite the looming
threat of a Chinese cross-strait invasion of the self-governing island.
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief Adm. Samuel Paparo said that supplying weapons to Ukraine had begun to affect the U.S. military's ability to prepare for a conflict in Asia. Trump allies who have argued that American support for Ukraine is disadvantageous to the United States in the Indo-Pacific.
Trump has suggested that Taiwan “should pay”(protection fee) and has also called for the island to boost defense spending to 10 percent of GDP. But Tsai Ing-wen said “We would have some difficulty accepting an arbitrary figure” . |
♦ CFR.org (Council on Foreign Relations, 2024-7-19): Some prominent Republicans, including Vance, have argued that providing military assistance to Ukraine detracts from the ability to deter a Chinese attack on Taiwan. They advocate for the United States to draw down support for Ukraine and instead surge resources into the Indo-Pacific. As Vance recently stated, “the thing that we can control now is making it costly for them to invade Taiwan, and we're not doing that because we're sending all the damn weapons to Ukraine and not Taiwan.” ♦ American Reservative (2024-7-6) Taiwan's government often argues that its security is closely linked to that of Ukraine, the world should be “defending Taiwan by defending Ukraine”; U.S. military support for Ukraine “does not detract from the defense of places such as Taiwan.” Unfortunately, this simply isn't true. |
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♦ Elbridge Colby (May 11 2024, Taipei Times): China could strike with little warning. Leaders in Taipei must take this message to heart. The US must do everything in its power to get Taiwan these weapons as quickly as possible. Yet Taiwanese leaders themselves have undermined this effort by urging the US to send key weapons, industrial base attention, and money to Ukraine rather than Taiwan. There are few visible indicators of a society preparing to repel an attack as one might see in, say, Israel. Indeed, Taiwanese leaders often appear more concerned about advertising their concern for the plight of others than about ensuring their own defenses, arguing, for example, that “the defense of Ukraine is also the defense of Taiwan.”Taiwan may be banking on the idea that China will not invade. But there's a reason that it's a truism that basing one's strategy and defense posture on hope is unwise. For an island facing the very realistic prospect of conquest by a far stronger military, it is incredibly reckless — not least because China is very clearly preparing to invade Taiwan. Taiwan may be thinking that, the US can always be counted on to come to its rescue. But our leaders cannot and realistically will not ask the American people to sacrifice for Taiwan at a cost that would be intolerable to the US. ♦ Washington Examiner (2023-6-1) some traditional Republicans (e.g., Elbridge Colby) believe that American support for Ukraine will sap the resources and attention needed to defend Taiwan.
♦ Newsweek (2024-11-27) : Logistics aside, the weapons and munitions sought by Ukraine and Taiwan are also different. Kyiv needs artillery barrels and shells, armored vehicles, minesweepers, and air defense systems. For the time being, Taipei must prioritize anti-ship missiles, sea mines, and naval drones. The claim that supporting Ukraine comes at the expense of Taiwan (or Israel) is baseless and unfounded. |
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♣ news / BBC (2024-5-19, interviews with Tsai Ing-wen
): Domestically, Tsai Ing-wen has been criticised for not doing enough for
the economy – the rising cost of living, unaffordable housing and a lack of jobs
cost her party young voters in January's election. And her biggest critics
fear that she has made the island of 23 million more, rather than less, unsafe.
The trickier job is to find allies who would risk irking the world's second
largest economy. Tokyo and Manila are both deeply reluctant to vow support
for Taiwan.
yahoo.com/news/taiwans-steely-leader-rewrote-book-222513120.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
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Council on Foreign
Relations,
2024-8-9:
Tsai Ing-wen was unable to lead a cultural shift within Taiwan’s Ministry of
National Defense (MND), which is
known for its conservatism, its attachment to legacy platforms such as fighter
jets and large surface warships, and its skepticism toward adopting an
asymmetric approach to defense. Tellingly, all her defense ministers were
retired generals not known for innovative thinking.
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The site's
comment / Although Tsai admits to a sneaking
admiration for Margaret Thatcher because of her toughness as a female leader,
and Tsai says she made a return to a year of military service for all men over
the age of 18 (to against China)... But the truth is Tsai did it under pressure from the US
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Financial Times, 2022-12-27: The
conscription reform follows years of increasing US pressure on Taiwan to
strengthen its defences.
Financial
Times
(UK),
2021-9-15
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Washington
keeps scolding Taipei over its supposed lack of preparation against an ever
mightier Beijing.
Even China's official media GT (
2021-10-26
) mocks Tsai's weakness. "My sense was that they were afraid" : Congressman
Don Beyer (D-VA) returning from Taiwan said " they're feeling much closer to
conflict – a conflict they do not want.", according to RawStory (Aug. 2022).
Lai Ching-te takes up the mantle from his DPP predecessor
Tsai Ing-wen since May 20, 2024.
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The Tsai Ing-Wen government values politics and money
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★ Economist at 2022-11-29 reported many Taiwanese are tired of squabbles over national identity, especially after president Tsai's refusal to accept an offer of much-needed vaccines from China during a severe coronavirus outbreak. |
