CALL FOR DIALOGUE: The leaders of the two countries highlighted the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait in a joint statement following a meeting/ Staff writer, with CNA
HYBRID THREAT: Lauding the alliance’s global vision in facing up to China’s challenges, MOFA said that Taiwan would continue to bolster cooperation with democratic allies/ AP, MADRID
NATO has for the first time singled out China as one of its strategic priorities for the next decade, warning about its growing military ambitions, confrontational rhetoric toward Taiwan and other neighbors, and increasingly close ties to Russia.
In Taipei, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday said it appreciates the alliance’s global vision in facing up squarely to the systemic challenges posed by China.
While Russia’s war against Ukraine has dominated discussions at the NATO summit in Madrid, China on Wednesday earned a place among the Western alliance’s most worrying security concerns.
“China is substantially building up its military forces, including nuclear
STRATEGIC SHIFT: Britain’s foreign secretary said such a move would be a ‘catastrophic miscalculation,’ and called for more trade with nations that can be trusted/ The Guardian, MADRID
China would be making “a catastrophic miscalculation” if it invaded Taiwan, British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Liz Truss said yesterday, telling a NATO summit that the UK and other countries should reconsider trading relationships with countries that use economic power in “coercive” ways.
In a sign of how far UK government attitudes toward China have shifted since the self-declared “golden decade” under former British prime minister David Cameron, Truss said trade should be directed at countries that could be trusted.
Speaking at the Madrid summit, Truss said that with China expanding its strategic ambitions, NATO’s new strategic