Taiwan can help, but it can also lead: VP-elect Hsiao

Taiwan can help, but it can also lead: VP-elect Hsiao

2024-05-06

Vice President-elect Hsiao Bi-khim gave the closing speech at a Taipei forum of the Center for Asia-Pacific Resilience and Innovation. In her address, she referenced the slogan “Taiwan can help,” but made the case that Taiwan can also lead. Let’s hear from her.

Hsiao Bi-khim
Vice president-elect
Not only can Taiwan help, but Taiwan can lead. Why do I believe that Taiwan can play a leadership role? First of all, Taiwan is an island of resilience, a society that has overcome hardship. At this moment, Taiwan is bombarded with cyber attacks, disinformation, and political interference, in addition to near-daily military incursions into our vicinity, all aimed at coercing and crippling the public will to safeguard our free and democratic way of life. The Taiwan template is built on a foundation of resilience forged in the crucible of adversity and shaped by our precarious existence in the shadow of a giant neighbor. Looking ahead, President Lai and I are committed to leveraging these assets as we work to forge stronger partnership with likeminded societies around the world.

The VP-elect said that, through their own efforts, the Taiwanese people had built a resilient nation. She said Taiwan deserves international support, and that Taiwan’s success was of vital importance to the world.

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向國際介紹堅韌之島! 蕭美琴:台灣不只能幫忙更能領導

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準副總統蕭美琴今天為亞太堅韌研究基金會舉辦的國際論壇發表閉幕演說，他表示台灣不只能幫忙，而且可以在亞太發揮領導作用，他認為在龐大鄰居的陰影下，培養出台灣的韌性，未來她將和準總統賴清德致力於與志同道合的國際友人夥伴合作。

[[準副總統蕭美琴]]
“台灣不只能幫助，而且更能領導，為什麼我相信台灣能扮演領導者的角色，首先台灣是一座堅韌之島，克服艱難困境。此時此刻，台灣遭受網路攻擊，假訊息和政治干預的轟炸，此外幾乎每天都有軍事騷擾我們的周邊，這些都是為了脅迫和削弱，公眾捍衛我們自由和民主生活方式的意願。台灣模式來自於韌性，這是建立在逆境考驗中，而且是在巨大鄰國的陰影下，不穩定的生存所塑造，賴總統和將我致力於利用這些資產，努力與世界志同道合的國際社會，建立更牢固的夥伴關係”

蕭美琴指出，台灣人透過自己的努力，建立了一個有韌性的台灣，相信台灣值得國際支持，而台灣的成功對世界也至關重要。上台倒數兩周，即將就任副總統的蕭美琴如何在外交一展長才，值得期待。

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