Taiwan’s proposed defence budget ought to have provisions that make funds available contingent on key reforms being made, says Ted Gover.
Denny Roy, Senior Fellow at the East-West Center, appears to agree with parts of Lee’s approach. Rather than compete with China’s military modernisation of recent years that has fielded the world’s largest navy and various new force projection capabilities, Taiwan should opt for more affordable and “concealable” weapons systems designed to target invading aircraft and ships.
For its part, Washington in recent years has been pushing back against Chinese President Xi Jinping’s increasingly aggressive posture towards Taiwan with arms packages and stepped-up diplomatic outreach to Taipei.by US members of Congress, mid-level Cabinet officials and state governors have an important role to play in preventing the further isolation of Taiwan and should be encouraged.
While parts of the Bill are to be praised and should be strengthened, such as providing Taiwan with US$4.5 billion in security assistance, other provisions do not meaningfully contribute to Taiwan’s defence and risk Beijing’s ire. Yet, the Bill’s playing with symbols risks crossing Beijing’s red lines. Given that Xi has so publicly staked an important part of his legacy onand bringing it under the Chinese Communist Party’s control, Washington should not underestimate the lengths he will go to for taking back the island state.
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