TAIPEI - The United States is planning on"cooperation" between its National Guard and Taiwan's military, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday , deepening security ties in the face of what Ta
TAIPEI - The United States is planning on"cooperation" between its National Guard and Taiwan's military, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday , deepening security ties in the face of what Taipei's government complains is a rising threat from China.
Beijing regards Taipei as a renegade province, to be reunified by force, if necessary. Taiwan has complained for the past two years or so of repeated missions by China's air force near the island, often in the south-western part of its air defence identification zone, or Adiz, close to the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands.
That came after US President Joe Biden angered China by appearing to signal a change in a US policy of"strategic ambiguity" on Taiwan by saying the United States would get involved militarily if China were to attack the island.Meeting visiting US Senator Tammy Duckworth at her office in Taipei, Ms Tsai noted that Ms Duckworth was one of the main sponsors of the Taiwan Partnership Act, which had received bipartisan support in the US Congress though has yet to become law.
Taiwanese media has previously reported that Taiwan could partner with Hawaii's National Guard for the programme.