foreign policy, and national security, with different political leanings and views. In his address, Ellis said his delegation consisted of a diverse group of experts specialized in Taiwan affairs, People's Republic of China, U.S. TRA has been the cornerstone for Washington in handling unofficial relations with Taipei after it changed diplomatic recognition to Beijing in 1979, including clauses that require it to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself. "Consistent with the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), part of this cooperation involves strengthening Taiwan's capabilities for self-defense as well as the ability of the United States to deter and resist any resort to force across the Taiwan Strait," Ellis told Tsai.
CARRIER STRIKE GROUP SCREEN COMMANDER SERIES
In 1996, during the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis, when Beijing conducted a series of missile tests in the waters surrounding Taiwan, Ellis served as a carrier battle group commander leading contingency response operations in the Taiwan Straits. Ellis, now a visiting fellow at Hoover, meanwhile, said his delegation's presence in Taiwan reaffirmed the American people's commitment to deepening cooperation. In addition, 80 civilians lost their lives and 221 were injured, the data showed. Over the next 44 days, 475,000 artillery shells were fired at Kinmen in an attempt to take over the island, but ROC forces on the island held firm against the Chinese bombardment, according to Taiwan's historical records.Īccording to government data, 439 military personnel were killed and 1,911 injured in the bombardment. 23, 1958, nine years after the Republic of China (ROC) government relocated from mainland China to Taiwan after losing the Chinese civil war, Chinese communist forces launched an attack on the ROC-held Kinmen island, which lies less than 10 kilometers off the southeast coast of China. Photo courtesy of Kinmen County government Minister of National Defense Chiu Kuo-cheng attends a commemorative ceremony making the 64th anniversary of Kinmen bombardment in Kinmen on Aug. 23 Artillery Bombardment of the outlying island county of Kinmen in 1958, as Tuesday was the 64th anniversary of the key battle marking the beginning of the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis.
"We too will show the world that the people of Taiwan have both the resolve and confidence to safeguard peace, security, freedom, and prosperity for ourselves." "That battle to protect our homeland showed the world that no threat of any kind could shake the Taiwanese people's resolve to defend their nation, not in the past, not now, not in the future," she said. "Sixty-four years ago during the Battle of the Taiwan Strait of the 1958, soldiers and civilians operated in solidarity and safeguarded Taiwan so that we have the democratic Taiwan of today," Tsai told the visiting delegation which consisted of scholars and former U.S. More than six decades ago, Taiwanese people carried out a similar feat, according to Tsai during the meeting in the Presidential Office. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier this month.Ĭiting the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine as an example, Tsai told a visiting delegation from Stanford University's Hoover Institution that the Ukrainian people have been an inspiration to the rest of the world in safeguarding their freedom and democracy. 23 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said on Tuesday the nation's success in defending an offshore frontline island from Chinese bombardment 64 years ago was a testament that "no threat of any kind could shake the Taiwanese people's resolve to defend their nation," amid the latest round of cross-Strait tensions following a visit by U.S.
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