Tag: US Taiwan relations

Taiwan arms sales will continue moving forward on schedule, Taiwan's defense ministry said Wednesday, a statement timed just days before President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping meet in Washington for their first in-person summit since Xi's visit to Beijing earlier this year. Deputy spokesperson Chiao Fu-chun made the comments to reporters in Tainan, in southern Taiwan, during a media event at Tainan Air Base that put some of the island's recent acquisitions on display, including a HIMARS rocket system, Apache and Black Hawk helicopters, and a Stinger missile simulator. Chiao described maintaining security and stability in the Indo-Pacific as a shared interest among democratic nations, and said Taipei would continue coordinating with the US government and Congress to see existing a...