Despite being her last day in office, Sunday was as busy as ever for President Tsai Ing-wen. In her final interview in the capacity of president, Tsai met with the BBC, during which she discussed rising tensions across the Taiwan Strait, and said China’s economy would suffer if it started a war with Taiwan. Another meeting was with the chairman of the Nippon Foundation at the Presidential Office.

Tsai Ing-wen
President
I’d like to call on chairman Sasakawa Yohei to continue providing the new administration with assistance in the future, supporting Taiwan’s participation in the CPTPP, and facilitating a deepened partnership between Taiwan and Japan.

Sasakawa Yohei
Nippon Foundation chairman
The Nippon Foundation will continue to cooperate with the incoming administration. We will remain committed to promoting friendship between the peoples of Taiwan and Japan, and continue working hard toward our shared goals.

Lin Ying-yu
Tamkang University
Virtue never stands alone, it always has neighbors. We are not facing an adversary alone. We will adopt a multi-tiered approach using diplomatic, international, military and psychological means of deterrence to handle the threat from China.

The researcher believes that Tsai’s comments were aimed at getting assistance from the Nippon Foundation to improve Taiwan’s status on the international stage, while allowing incoming president Lai space to build upon.

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