The top China adviser to former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo on Saturday said that Taiwan is safer than Ukraine amid growing concern that Russia’s invasion of its neighbor might affect the situation across the Taiwan Strait.
Miles Yu (余茂春), who is now a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, made the comments in a broadcast interview days before he and Pompeo are scheduled to arrive in Taiwan.
During their visit from Wednesday to Saturday, the two former officials are to meet with President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), as well as other top government and business leaders.
Speaking in Chinese with political commentators
By Su Yung-yao and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe top China adviser to former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo on Saturday said that Taiwan is safer than Ukraine amid growing concern that Russia’s invasion of its neighbor might affect the situation across the Taiwan Strait.
Critics and legislators yesterday requested a judicial investigation into reports of weapons procurement fraud, saying that questions remain about collusion and possible penetration by Chinese proxy companies.
The call was made following the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology on Wednesday denying that national security was compromised after Chinese-language Mirror Media magazine reported that two local contractors, Onsen Taiwan Cosmetics Corp (昂神國際) and Burnaby Light Technology Corp (勳章科技), which were involved in the production of indigenous Tien Kung missiles, had allegedly used inferior silicone rectifiers sourced from China in its ignition systems.
Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Wang Ting-yu (王定宇) called for