๐จ๐ณ๐น๐ผ Taiwan's President on the nation's resolve to resist pressure from China:
"Taiwan cherishes peace, but will not give up freedom; Taiwan is willing to engage in exchanges, but will not accept being belittled.
Taiwan is determined not to let authoritarianism erode democracy or fear replace freedom, and to safeguard peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pacific."
It comes as Taiwanese and Chinese troops carry out war drills, with the latter going as far as blowing up mock-ups of U.S. warships in the desert, as questions of America's protective capacity remain up in the air with the ongoing Iran war.
Writer: Mhedi