- Title: Taiwan president commissions two US-made frigates in ceremony
- Date: 8th November 2018
- Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) TAIWAN PRESIDENT, TSAI ING-WEN, SAYING: "The security of our country lies in our hands. To be more precise, we will show our resolve in protecting the safety of our country through repeated concrete actions. Today's commissioning ceremony (of two Perry-class frigates) shows that we will continue to ceaselessly increase the capability of our navy to protect the adjacent waters." TSAI SPEAKING (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) TAIWAN PRESIDENT, TSAI ING-WEN, SAYING: "We are facing security challenges different to those in the past. The military actions of China in the region not only aim to weaken Taiwan's sovereignty, they even more to threaten peace and stability in the region. Besides the traditional military threats, unconventional threats, especially three methods used by China to threaten Taiwan become more obvious every day. By means of new technology, the internet and social media, fake news is entering Taiwan's society." NAVY PERSONNEL STANDING IN FRONT OF SHIPS VARIOUS OF TSAI WALKING ONTO FRIGATE CAMERAMAN FILMING ON TOP OF SHIP TSAI ON SHIP
- Embargoed: 22nd November 2018 06:13
- Keywords: Taiwan Military China security commission navy Tsai Ing-wen
- Location: KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN
- City: KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN
- Country: Taiwan
- Topics: Defence,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA00395N9KQT
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen commissioned two U.S.-made Perry-class guided missile frigates into service on Thursday (November 8) at a naval base in the south of the island.
Tsai said that Taiwan's navy will answer any threats posed by China to the security of its waters.
China has increased military exercises around Taiwan and in regional waters since the Tsai administration took power in 2016, prompting Taiwan's strongest international supporter, the U.S., to send warships into the Taiwan Strait in October, in a move likely viewed in self-ruled Taiwan as a sign of support from President Donald Trump's government amid growing friction between Taipei and Beijing.
Beijing, which has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control, considers Taiwan a breakaway province of "one China". - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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