Former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday called for Taiwanese to put aside partisan differences, and unite and work together to build a better Taiwan.
Tsai made the comment on her Facebook page after returning from a week-long trip to Germany, where she attended the Berlin Freedom Conference, an event commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and promoting freedom and democracy worldwide.
Tsai thanked Taiwan’s frontline diplomats, members of the media, and others for helping raise Taiwan’s visibility on the global stage and strengthening its ties with Europe.
Photo: Chen Yi-kuan, Taipei Times
“Taiwan, like other democracies around the world, is facing unprecedented challenges,” she said, adding that only by staying united can Taiwan safeguard its democratic development and economic prosperity.
Tsai said she would always be there for Taiwan if needed, and urged everyone to come together, and work toward its betterment and contribute to the world.
In a statement issued on Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that during her trip to Germany, Tsai also attended a screening of Zero Day Attack (零日攻擊) during the Berlin conference’s Berlin Freedom Week.
Zero Day Attack is a Taiwanese speculative television series released this year and set against the fictional scenario of a Chinese People’s Liberation Army invasion of Taiwan.
Tsai also met with representatives from several local think tanks and visited the Berlin office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, the ministry said in the statement.
She held in-depth discussions with the team behind the Germany-funded “Taiwan as a Pioneer” research project, aimed at promoting structural strengthening and networking of Taiwan research in Sinology, it added.
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