Lai discusses consequences of China annexation with AFP
Lai discusses consequences of China annexation with AFP
2026-02-12
In an exclusive interview with the AFP, President Lai Ching-te spoke about the future of Asia, should China ever successfully take over Taiwan. Lai said that China’s expansionism would not stop at Taiwan, making other countries in Asia potential targets. He stressed that to prevent such a scenario, Taiwan must strengthen its self-defense capabilities in case it needs to respond to threats. Let’s hear what the president said.
Lai Ching-te
President
If Taiwan were to get annexed, the next countries that would be threatened would be Japan, the Philippines, and other nations in the Indo-Pacific Region. The next steps after that would affect the Americas and Europe. European countries are rearming, and we in Taiwan are strengthening our national defense capabilities. I have even proposed a special budget for national defense. I hope that cooperation between Taiwan and Europe can be strengthened where it comes to the defense industry and defense technology. Taiwan cannot be a bargaining chip for any country. The future of Taiwan can only be decided by the Taiwanese people. We are confident in Taiwan.
Lai had proposed a special defense budget with funding of NT$1.25 trillion to be spent over a period of eight years. But opposition parties in the Legislative Yuan have blocked the bill from even being sent to committee for review 10 times already. On Wednesday, the TPP finally gave in, saying that the party was willing to let the original version of the bill drawn by the Executive Yuan to be reviewed and discussed. KMT Chair Cheng Li-wun followed suit, meeting with lawmakers do discuss a version drafted by the KMT. The party’s legislative caucus convener, Fu Kun-chi, however, has stated that the version that will pass the third reading will not be the Executive Yuan’s.
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賴總統接受法新社專訪 直言若中奪台"不會停止擴張"
2026-02-12
賴清德總統接受法新社專訪指出，如果北京成功奪取台灣，中國的擴張行動不會止步，其他亞洲國家可能成為下一波目標，他同時強調，台灣必須大幅提升自我防衛能力，以因應潛在威脅。
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“也就是說台灣一旦被併吞，下一個受到威脅的國家，就是日本、菲律賓、印太的國家，再下一步就會影響到美洲跟歐洲，歐洲國家正在進行再武裝，那台灣也正在強化我們的國防力量，我甚至提出了國防特別預算，我希望台灣和歐洲在未來，可以加強軍工產業，軍工科技的合作，台灣不可能是任何一個國家的籌碼，台灣的前途只有台灣人民可以決定，台灣對自己有信心”
攸關8年1.25兆元的國防特別條例，遭在野黨十度封殺，至今仍未付委。民眾黨週三昨天終於鬆口，願意讓行政院版付委一起討論，國民黨主席鄭麗文今天也找立委來討論，將提出國民黨版，但黨團總召傅崐萁揚言，三讀通過的絕不會是行政院版。
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