Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during her visit to the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing of Taiwan Air Force in Taichung, Taiwan in this handout picture released April 14, 2023. Taiwan Presidential Office/Handout via REUTERS
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen visits the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing of Taiwan Air Force in Taichung, Taiwan in this handout picture released on April 14, 2023.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen poses for a picture during her visit to the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing of Taiwan Air Force in Taichung, Taiwan in this handout picture released on April 14, 2023.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen visits the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing of Taiwan Air Force in Taichung, Taiwan in this handout picture released on April 14, 2023.
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during a meeting with Canadian Liberal MP John McKay, the chairman of the House of Commons standing committee on national defence, who is leading a Canadian parliamentary delegation for a visit, at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan in this handout image released April 12, 2023.
ย A Taiwan Air Force Mirage 2000-5 aircraft prepares to land at Hsinchu Air Base in Hsinchu, Taiwan April 11, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
ย TAIPEI, April 14ย – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday thanked fighter pilots who scrambled against China’s air force during its drills around the island and pledged to keep strengthening the armed forces, as Beijing’s military activities around the island ebbed.