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Edouard's avatar

I agree with your sentiment Angelica, but I think it’s not either or. Both can and should be done at once.

On the one hand making all the diplomatic efforts that Taiwan can, ensuring Taiwan has as many allies in the world as possible. Soft power does matter. The allied countries may indeed end up strengthening Taiwan’s defense. The DPP governments have been doing quite well on this front.

And also on the other hand greatly strenghtening both energy abundance and security, and the whole taiwanse defense apparatus. Efforts have been made by Tsai Ing Wen (yay to the new submarine!) but so much more needs to be done.

Both can and should be done at the same time.

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Michael Tolhurst's avatar

Taiwan is fairly wealthy and technologically advanced. What would it look like to engage in serious commercial/technical/military collaboration? South Korea and Poland recently entered a very serious production partnership last year.

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