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Tsai speech should resonate in Prague

Chang Meng-jen 張孟仁

Former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) this week attended the Forum 2000 Conference in Prague after landing in the Czech Republic, the first destination of her first overseas trip since concluding her second term in office in May.

The country is not a surprising choice. Taiwan-Czech relations have taken a great leap forward, since Czech prime minister Andrej Babis’ administration from 2017 to 2021. Huge progress was made during Tsai’s time in office.

Her trip was intended to express Taiwan’s gratitude to the Czech Republic, while also achieving two diplomatic goals.

Taiwan to have 24-hour access to satellites this month

Taipei Times

Taiwan would have 24-hour access to low Earth orbit satellites by the end of this month through service provided by Eutelsat OneWeb as part of the nation’s effort to enhance signal resilience, a Chunghwa Telecom Co (中華電信) official said yesterday.

Earlier this year the Ministry of Digital Affairs, which partnered with Chunghwa Telecom on a two-year project to boost signal resilience throughout the nation, said it reached a milestone when it made contact with OneWeb’s satellites half of the time.

It expects to have the capability to maintain constant contact with the satellites and have nationwide coverage by the end of this month, Chunghwa Telecom copresident Alex Chien (簡志誠) said.

Fighting China’s anaconda strategy

Taipei Times Editorial

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army is pressuring Taiwan using high intensity tactics to tire out Taiwanese forces and force them into making mistakes, The Economist cited Navy Commander Admiral Tang Hua (唐華) as saying in an interview published on Thursday last week.

China is “using an ‘anaconda strategy’ to squeeze the island,” he said, adding that it is “slowly, but surely” increasing its presence around the nation.

“They are ready to blockade Taiwan at any time they want,” Tang said.

Blinken warns China not to provoke

Taipei Times

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday warned China against taking any “provocative” action on Taiwan after Beijing’s reaction to President William Lai’s (賴清德) speech on Double Ten National Day on Thursday.

Blinken, speaking in Laos after an ASEAN East Asia Summit, called the speech by Lai, in which he vowed to “resist annexation,” a “regular exercise.”

“China should not use it in any fashion as a pretext for provocative actions,” Blinken told reporters. “On the contrary, we want to reinforce — and many other countries want to reinforce — the imperative of preserving the status quo, and neither party taking any actions that might undermine it.”

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