Lin Chia-lung says Beijing’s ‘authoritarian expansionism’ raises ‘significant challenges to peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region and around the world’.
Taiwan ‘will not escalate, but will not yield’ to Chinese intimidation
Taiwan’s foreign minister says China has “clearly become a troublemaker that is maliciously attempting to disrupt the cross-strait status quo and intimidate peaceful countries.”
In exclusive comments to Fox News Digital, Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said China’s intensifying “authoritarian expansionism not only directly threatens Taiwan’s security and democratic system but also poses significant challenges to peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region and around the world.”
“Last June,” Lin said, “[Chinese] aircraft carriers Liaoning and Shandong maneuvered beyond the second island chain, marking China’s first simultaneous, dual-carrier deployment into the Western Pacific. These developments demonstrate that Beijing’s expansionist ambitions extend far beyond Taiwan and pose an increasingly serious threat to the security and stability of the Indo-Pacific region and the world.”
