'Our efforts are all for the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait, for Taiwan's security, and our democratic, free system and continued economic development...Peace in the Taiwan Strait benefits global peace,' says Taiwan President Lai Ching-te
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Over the past four years, China’s military has massively increased its activities in the narrow strait, a major international waterway for trade, and regularly flies warplanes there and operates warships.Speaking to new recruits at an army base in the central Taiwanese city of Taichung, Lai said every drop of their sweat was to protect Taiwan’s security.
“Our efforts are all for the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait, for Taiwan’s security, and our democratic, free system and continued economic development,” he said. “Peace in the Taiwan Strait benefits global peace.”
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