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

Yeah, I can't emphasize enough that we want to avoid a kinetic conflict.

There are no winners in war.

But the other gray zone coercion against Taiwan is already happening.

There are military assets circling Taiwan.

The cognitive warfare, the disinformation, the efforts at dividing our society, weakening our domestic unity and cohesion, that is already happening.

The cyber attacks are already happening.

And so we also need hybrid responses.

And I do not want to...

Really think about what a kinetic conflict will look like because it will be hell and a disaster for humanity and I think it will also be harmful to the people of China and we

are continuing to invest in our defenses so that deterrence will actually work and that we can avoid such a conflict.

But in the meantime, all of the other gray zone areas of coercion

threats, cyber attacks, that's ongoing.

And we are in a race to make ourselves much more resilient.

I've used the word resilience many times today.

And I do think that is a core spirit of who we are as Taiwanese people.

I grew up in a Presbyterian family in Taiwan, and the emblem is a burning bush.

The burning bush is symbolic of

resilience.

It is also a defiance against oppression.

It's about keeping the spirit going and about resurrection against persecution.