Deputy Foreign Minister Chen Ming-chi recently gave an interview to Sky News Australia and to Australian Financial Review, encouraging the country to deepen relations with Taiwan.
In his interview with Tom Connell for a segment aired Aug. 29 on Sky News Afternoon Agenda program, Chen reiterated commitment to enhancing self-defense capabilities to defend Taiwan’s democratic way of life. He also made the case for the country’s participation in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
According to the deputy minister, although Taiwan is not a member of the World Health Organization, it contributed significantly to global health care durnig the COVID-19 pandemic. In the same spirit, Chen believes Taiwan’s CPTPP membership matters as the country will also make positive contributions.
Chen said that Taiwan has been diversifying its foreign trade since 2016. As Australia, like Taiwan, has experienced economic coercion from Beijing, he urged Canberra to consider de-risking commerce from China.
While talking to Andrew Tillet for a report published Aug. 28 on AFR, the deputy minister urged the Australian government not to engage with Taiwan as an appendix of China, as Taiwan has its own merits.
Chen said Taiwan and Australia are among each other’s largest trading partners and share common values of cultural diversity, democracy and freedom of speech. He called on Canberra to expand diplomatic, economic and security ties with Taiwan, including bolstering cooperation in artificial intelligence and renewable energy.
Taiwan takes China’s military threats seriously, and that is why the government has embarked on reform of its defense forces and raised levels of military spending, the deputy minister said. The Australian government can help by continuing to send naval defense vessels to transit through the Taiwan Strait and voicing concerns over cross-strait peace and stability, he added.
With closer ties between China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, Chen said countries such as Australia, Taiwan, Japan and Canada need to form a middle power democratic alliance against the threats from authoritarian regimes. (SFC-E)
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In his interview with Tom Connell for a segment aired Aug. 29 on Sky News Afternoon Agenda program, Chen reiterated commitment to enhancing self-defense capabilities to defend Taiwan’s democratic way of life. He also made the case for the country’s participation in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
According to the deputy minister, although Taiwan is not a member of the World Health Organization, it contributed significantly to global health care durnig the COVID-19 pandemic. In the same spirit, Chen believes Taiwan’s CPTPP membership matters as the country will also make positive contributions.
Chen said that Taiwan has been diversifying its foreign trade since 2016. As Australia, like Taiwan, has experienced economic coercion from Beijing, he urged Canberra to consider de-risking commerce from China.
While talking to Andrew Tillet for a report published Aug. 28 on AFR, the deputy minister urged the Australian government not to engage with Taiwan as an appendix of China, as Taiwan has its own merits.
Chen said Taiwan and Australia are among each other’s largest trading partners and share common values of cultural diversity, democracy and freedom of speech. He called on Canberra to expand diplomatic, economic and security ties with Taiwan, including bolstering cooperation in artificial intelligence and renewable energy.
Taiwan takes China’s military threats seriously, and that is why the government has embarked on reform of its defense forces and raised levels of military spending, the deputy minister said. The Australian government can help by continuing to send naval defense vessels to transit through the Taiwan Strait and voicing concerns over cross-strait peace and stability, he added.
With closer ties between China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, Chen said countries such as Australia, Taiwan, Japan and Canada need to form a middle power democratic alliance against the threats from authoritarian regimes. (SFC-E)
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