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

And I think that particular spirit is not only part of my upbringing, but it is very much internalized among our society.

And again, we've come a long way in making Taiwan also a land of the free.

And no person or no country is too small to deserve freedom.

So we are determined to protect that.

Mm-hmm.

Well, I think all the countries that have a stake in ensuring stability and ensuring that the global supply chains that foster prosperity are not disrupted, all those countries who have a shared commitment to freedom in the belief in what I just said, that no country is too small to deserve freedom.

I think should show an interest in this.

And so in our immediate neighborhood, of course, they are also impacted, not only because of Taiwan, but because the PRC military presence is expanding across the Indo-Pacific region.

So, they tend to show an interest in this.

But beyond that, we hope that the world will also stand with us in ensuring that peace will prevail, that conflict will never happen.

Well, I hope that hypothetical scenario never happens.

But I think, as I said at the outset, Taiwan is critical in

all of the modern technologies that surround the daily lives of people around the world.

And Taiwan is also on the front lines of protecting freedom and our values, our belief in a system of government that empowers the people.

And all of that would be at stake.

And again, everything we are doing is to prevent that particular scenario from happening.

Well, I think ultimately we have to trust ourselves.

And that is why we are focused on enhancing our own defense capabilities and localizing, making indigenous the range of things that we have to do to protect ourselves.

And then secondly, we work on our partnerships.

And our partnership with the United States is based on the legal framework of the Taiwan Relations Act that has withstood different administrations across the political spectrum over decades.