Taiwan will strengthen its defence efforts and safeguard the island’s security in the year ahead, President Lai Ching-te said in his Chinese New Year message released on Sunday .
In his address, recorded at one of Taiwan’s most important military radar stations in the central mountain range, which he visited earlier this month, Lai said he wanted to thank the armed forces for protecting Taiwan around the clock.
He said “We will continue to strengthen our national defence and public security efforts, safeguarding national security and maintaining social stability.”
In the video message it also featured footage of Taiwan’s first domestically developed submarine, which is in the process of undersea trials.
Last year, Lai proposed US$40 billion in extra defence spending to counter China, which views the island as its own territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Taiwan will strengthen its defence efforts and safeguard the island’s security in the year ahead, President Lai Ching-te said in his Chinese New Year message released on Sunday .In his address, recorded at one of Taiwan’s most important military radar stations in the central mountain range, which he visited earlier this month, Lai said he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n