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BackAfter the Sichuan-Xi meeting, debate between the government and the opposition arose. Chen Guanting: Dialogue and intimidation must go hand in hand.
After the Sichuan-Xi meeting, debate between the government and the opposition arose. Chen Guanting: Dialogue and intimidation must go hand in hand.
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After the Sichuan-Xi meeting, debate between the government and the opposition arose. Chen Guanting: Dialogue and intimidation must go hand in hand.

Chen GuantingXu YuzhenSichuan Xihui

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  • After the second meeting between Sichuan and Xi, the Kuomintang Legislative Yuan caucus accused the Lai administration of refusing communication between the government and the opposition and cross-strait political dialogue.
  • Democratic Progressive Party legislator Chen Guanting responded that the opposition party has repeatedly blocked the national defense bill in the Legislative Yuan, emphasizing that Taiwan should engage in dialogue and deterrence at the same time to take security into its own hands.

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After the second meeting between Sichuan and Xi, the Kuomintang Legislative Yuan caucus criticized the Lai government for refusing communication between the government and the opposition and interrupting cross-strait political dialogue.

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Democratic Progressive Party legislator Chen Guanting. (File photo)

As the second meeting between Trump and Xi ended, Xu Yuzhen, secretary-general of the KMT Legislative Yuan Caucus, said today (26th) that the United States and China only engage in dialogue based on high risks. On the other hand, the Lai government refused to communicate between the government and the opposition and interrupted cross-strait political dialogue. In this regard, DPP legislator Chen Guanting earlier criticized that the opposition party has repeatedly blocked defense-related bills in the Legislative Yuan, but both dialogue and deterrence should be carried out at the same time.

"Dialogue can never replace strength!" Chen Guanting said that he talked for a long time about peace, risk reduction, and criticism of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. However, every time the government wants to increase defense investment, strengthen independent production capabilities, and establish an unmanned combat system, the opposition parties have blocked and delayed relevant bills time and time again. "This is the real problem we have to face."

Chen Guanting pointed out that the meeting between Trump and Xi Jinping does not mean that the strategic competition between the United States and China has disappeared; similarly, if there is a dialogue between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, it does not mean that Taiwan can stop preparations. "Dialogue and deterrence should be carried out at the same time."

Chen Guanting emphasized that what Taiwan should really do is to take its own security into its own hands. It must not only improve its independent national defense, strengthen its industrial capabilities, and reduce key supply chain risks, but also maintain cooperation with all democratic partners.

Open Questions

  • What is the progress of the Legislative Yuan’s subsequent review of national defense-related bills?

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