(18 Jul 2025)
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Taipei, Taiwan – 18 July 2025
1. Taiwan’s Vice President Bi-khim Hsiao walking to podium at the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents’ Club (TFCC)
2. Mid of journalists taking notes during Hsiao’s address
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Bi-khim Hsiao, Taiwan’s Vice President:
"We face ongoing pressures from China militarily, economically, politically and psychologically. And over the past year, these pressures have only intensified. We’ve seen escalating military coercion, sustained grey zone activities and economic coercion."
4. Mid of journalist asking a question
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Bi-khim Hsiao, Taiwan’s Vice President:
"Taiwanese people are peace loving and among the friendliest and most generous in the world. We do not see conflict. We will not provoke confrontation."
6. Wide of news conference
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Bi-khim Hsiao, Taiwan’s Vice President:
"Over the years, I have experienced varying degrees of pressure and threats, intimidation, including twice sanctioned, but I don’t… I will not let that intimidate me or stop me from voicing my views or from voicing the views of people of Taiwan, and we will continue to be active in the international community."
8. Wide of news conference
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Bi-khim Hsiao, Taiwan’s Vice President:
"We have reiterated and emphasized that everything we are doing right now is to prevent such a conflict from happening, not just in 2027, but ever."
10. Mid of a journalist asking a question
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Bi-khim Hsiao, Taiwan’s Vice President:
"And that is why we are very urgently also investing in our self-defense capabilities and fortifying our will so that we can deter any miscalculation and any attempt at disrupting the peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait."
12. Various of news conference
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Bi-khim Hsiao, Taiwan’s Vice President:
"We see that (U.S.) President (Donald) Trump is very keen on making America great, and in Taiwan here we are trying to make Taiwan strong. And we believe that a very strong Taiwan with a strong economy is also beneficial to the world because we have made so many contributions to the global supply chain in a reliable, sustainable way."
14. Wide of journalists applauding
15. Wide of Hsiao and TFCC members posing for a photo
STORYLINE:
Taiwan will not provoke a confrontation with China, the self-ruled island’s vice president said on Friday.
“We do not seek conflict. We will not provoke confrontation,” said Bi-khim Hsiao.
Hsiao, who has served under Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te since their election win last year, said her government is facing “ongoing pressures from China militarily, economically, politically and psychologically”.
China claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own territory and has repeatedly threatened to annex it, by force if necessary.
In recent years, Beijing has ramped up its military intimidation of the island, sending jets and ships nearby almost daily.
China refused to speak with Hsiao and Lai and has labeled them “diehard ‘Taiwan independence’ separatists”.
“Over the years, I have experienced varying degrees of pressure and threats, intimidation, including twice sanctioned, but I will not let that intimidate me or stop me from voicing my views or from voicing the views of people of Taiwan, and we will continue to be active in the international community,” Hsiao said.
Regarding recurring US intelligence reports that China may be planning to invade Taiwan before 2027, Hsiao said her government is focused on preempting that.
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