Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen delivers a speech to honor military generals in Taipei, Taiwan, June 28, 2022Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen delivers a speech to honor military generals in Taipei, Taiwan, June 28, 2022
especially after Chinese war games in early August following a Taipei visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. China should not think there is room for compromise in the commitment of Taiwan’s people to democracy and freedom, she said. But the broad consensus in Taiwan is that its sovereignty and free and democratic way of life must be defended, she added.Tsai has made strengthening Taiwan’s defences a cornerstone of her administration to enable it to mount a more credible deterrence to China, which is ramping up an ambitious modernisation programme of its own military.