{"id":44934,"date":"2023-02-02T20:20:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T20:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/02\/02\/taiwans-tsai-welcomes-retired-us-admiral-for-china-talks\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:54:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:54:36","slug":"taiwans-tsai-welcomes-retired-us-admiral-for-china-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/2023\/02\/02\/taiwans-tsai-welcomes-retired-us-admiral-for-china-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan\u2019s Tsai welcomes retired US admiral for China talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TAIPEI, Taiwan \u2014 Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Thursday welcomed the former head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/04\/07\/us-military-cites-rising-risk-of-chinese-move-against-taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\">who had warned the island could face an invasion from China this decade<\/a>, as the mainland ramps up pressure on the self-governing island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Retired Adm. Phil Davidson, along with a group including colleagues from the U.S. think tank the National Bureau of Asian Research, arrived Monday in the capital Taipei following a string of delegate visits to Taiwan, which China claims as part of its territory, since&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2022\/08\/08\/china-extends-threatening-military-exercises-around-taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\">tensions with the mainland spiked<\/a>&nbsp;in August with the visit of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/08\/05\/china-halts-climate-military-ties-over-pelosi-taiwan-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\">then-U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m here to listen and learn from our hosts; thus far, I\u2019ve done both,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to continuing our discussions with President Tsai today and hearing her perspectives on the security environment and her outlook on U.S.-Taiwan relations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army has stepped up its pressure on Taiwan in the past few years, sending navy vessels and fighter planes near the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taiwan\u2019s Defense Ministry said Tuesday that 20 Chinese aircraft crossed the central line in the Taiwan Strait \u2014 a long-time unofficial buffer zone between the sides, which separated during a civil war in 1949. It sent 14 other planes in nearby airspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2023\/02\/01\/taiwan-activates-defenses-in-response-to-china-incursions\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23032222630605.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Taiwan activates defenses in response to China incursions<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Taiwan&#039;s Defense Ministry says 20 Chinese aircraft crossed the central line in the Taiwan Strait that has been an unofficial buffer zone between the sides.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A day later, Taiwan\u2019s Defense Ministry said 17 Chinese aircraft crossed the median line Wednesday, with a total of 23 planes sent to fly around the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFaced with the expansion of authoritarianism, Taiwan must strengthen our ability to defend ourselves,\u201d she said, pointing to the upcoming&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/taiwan-politics-china-tsai-ing-wen-7a5cef695fa4b3585411921c19d91606\">extension of mandatory military service<\/a>&nbsp;that she had just announced in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tsai thanked Davidson on Thursday for his contributions to the \u201csafety of the Taiwan Straits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Davidson, while still serving as the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, had warned that China\u2019s claims over Taiwan were a rising and tangible threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTaiwan is clearly one of their ambitions before then, and I think the threat is manifest during this decade \u2014 in fact, in the next six years,\u201d he&nbsp;told the Senate Armed Forces Committee in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He clarified this remark while in Japan just before his visit to Taiwan, saying that the scenario would not necessarily be an all-out war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn my mind, that can be many lesser things than an all-out invasion. One of those would be the threats to outer islands, and I think it\u2019s a grave security concern of Taiwan\u2019s,\u201d he told the Japan Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>AP senior video producer Johnson Lai contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired Adm. 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