Hsiao Bi-khim (Hsiao, Vice President of Taiwan)

Well, China's investments in the military have been growing significantly, and although they

Their propaganda targets our government as the reason they're doing this, but they started this endeavor long before we came into government.

As they continue to expand their military investments, their technology is also advancing in many ways.

not only in the shipbuilding industry, but we see that they're making significant advances in the area of robotics and unmanned systems that we see in the next generation of warfare.

And I think we do need to take those advances seriously.

But at the same time, these technologies have not necessarily been fully tested in real conflict.

And we certainly hope that Taiwan will not be their testing ground.

And that is why we are doing everything we can to prevent a conflict.

But we see some indications that they are not only conducting drills, exercises, rehearsals around Taiwan and in far into the Indo-Pacific, but they are also

exporting their capabilities to other theaters around the world.

In the European theater, in the Middle East, we see a lot of Chinese parts and components and technologies being used and applied and tested.

And I think that is also a very alarming trend.

And I think that is also why we are working to build

non-red supply chains or supply chains among the peace-loving or freedom-loving societies around the world so that, number one, we're not dependent on Chinese parts and components in everything we are trying to build.

But number two, we will not be vulnerable to their coercion when such supply chains are disrupted.

But also, thirdly,

We need to be aware that they are testing their military technologies, dual-use technologies globally, and that does pose a significant challenge to us.

Well, it's across the board.

I see that in your show you've interviewed experts in many areas, including space, land, and maritime capabilities that the Chinese have been— where they have been gaining serious advances.

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