Taiwan President Lai Ching-te has announced a new campaign to counter Chinese attempts at infiltration in the military and civil society. Chen Kuo-Ming, editor-in-chief of Defense International, shares his insights on the possible revival of military courts and other measures.
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00:00President Lai just announced 17 measures to counter Chinese infiltration efforts,
00:04especially those that target Taiwan's military, and there have recently been
00:08several cases where former or current military officers gave information to
00:13China. Could you talk about some of the measures that Lai has suggested, and do
00:19you think those will be effective in protecting Taiwan's national security?
00:30In fact, the military law is more strict than the general law, which means that it is more strict with the regulations of these soldiers.
00:39Even before, there was a part of it, that is, the current situation, for example, if you are an enemy, for example, if you are on the front line,
00:49disobey the order, in fact, you will be shot through the strict military law to restrict the people to join the army.
00:57This is very important, because in fact, especially a few days ago, our air force officers
01:03even leaked the very important secret of the bear bomb, and even our anti-aircraft interception program.
01:12Then, this court only served four years, which is a major secret for us, for the general public,
01:19to reveal the national defense. Why did you only sentence you to four years in prison?
01:26This is a life sentence for many foreign countries.
01:33Now, beyond China's increasing infiltration of Taiwan's military, do you think there's any other reason why President Lai chose now to address China's security threats to Taiwan?
01:44As for why President Lai was so angry, or why he strongly pushed his will,
01:52maybe it has nothing to do with whether the United States is under pressure.
01:57Because in fact, we often see some of our policy promotions, it is often,
02:02it is very likely that the United States is personally encouraging or persuading the Taiwanese government to do so.
02:08I think the government has its own pressure. This is a fact.
02:12Because in fact, we are just in the middle of a new cold war between China and the United States, and we are really not good at governing.
02:17But in fact, I still encourage the government to open the door wide, close the door and negotiate,
02:23and make better policy proposals. This will be better.