What happens on the other side of the Pacific Ocean impacts the United States, a Taiwanese diplomat said during a presentation to a Republican group in California on April 22.
“Taiwan is committed to working with its partners to build a trusted, resilient, and integrated supply chain,” said Wu Chih-hsiang, director general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in San Francisco.
Wu made the remarks during a presentation on U.S.–Taiwan relations to the Silicon Valley Association of Conservative Republicans. TECO is Taiwan’s de facto embassy in the United States.
Wu said that the locations known as the first island chain should serve as a “shield of democracy” to counter China’s military threats, economic coercion, and political influence….