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US troops should be based in Taiwan, Bolton says

Monday, 18 April 2022 05:11 Taipei Times

Former US national security advisor John Bolton delivers a speech over videolink during the Global Taiwan National Affairs Symposium forum on Saturday.
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Former US national security adviser John Bolton on Saturday called for US troops to be stationed in Taiwan, harkening back to the allies’ arrangement prior to 1979.

Given the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Bolton called for Taiwan to be protected through political and military deterrence.

President Tsai, VP tout sovereignty, democracy

Sunday, 17 April 2022 05:43 Taipei Times

>President Tsai Ing-wen addresses yesterday’s Global Taiwan National Affairs Symposium in a pre-recorded speech.
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Taiwanese will demonstrate to the world that their nation is capable of defending its sovereignty and ensure that the future of Taiwan will be decided by its people, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and Vice President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday in pre-recorded remarks at the Global Taiwan National Affairs Symposium.

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Stressing the geostrategic importance of Taiwan to the region, Columbia University political science professor Andrew Nathan, an expert on Chinese politics, said yesterday in Taipei that he was “rather pessimistic” about China’s growing sway over Taiwan through closer cross-strait economic integration.

As economic ties between Taiwan and China grow, it makes Taiwan “more vulnerable to Chinese influence,” Nathan said in Mandarin at the launch of the Chinese-language edition of his book China’s Search for Security.