“I think there’s an opportunity to help in professional development when it comes to Taiwan,” Davidson said in response to a question from Sen.
could also assist Taipei in “professional development.” to help Taiwan bolster its defense capability and said the U.S. The combatant commander argued for “consistent and persistent arms sales” as a way for the U.S. At the time, the State Department and Taiwan were going to partake in virtual discussions, which China’s Ministry of National Defense said breached the United States’ long-established one-China policy. I’d look forward to the conversation.”Ĭhina earlier this year expressed its objections to talks between Taiwan and the United States, USNI News previously reported. “But you know, these things should be reconsidered routinely. “I would submit that we’ve got more than 40 years of the strategic ambiguity has helped keep Taiwan in its current status,” he said. military can counter China in the region, several lawmakers questioned Davidson about Taiwan.ĭavidson told the committee that while the United States’ “strategic ambiguity” policy toward Taiwan has likely helped the island nation remain independent from mainland China, policies like it ought to go through a reassessment. With the hearing largely focused on the threat from China and how the U.S. And I think the threat is manifest during this decade, in fact in the next six years.” “Taiwan is clearly one of their ambitions before then. I’m worried about them moving that target closer,” he continued.
“I worry that they’re accelerating their ambitions to supplant the United States and our leadership role in the rules-based international order, which they’ve long said that they want to do that by 2050. and Tibet, and a line of actual control in the South China Sea and the East China Sea,” Davidson told the panel of lawmakers. that they’ve put in the field – but the way they’re advancing those capabilities as well in combination with everything that you just cited: Hong Kong. “I think our concerns are manifest here during this decade, not only on the development – the numbers of you know, ships, aircraft, rockets, etc. Phil Davidson said China’s aggression in the region leads him to believe its goal of seizing Taiwan is a more imminent issue. Testifying in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Adm. CNA PhotoĬhina could attempt to take control of Taiwan by the end of the decade, the admiral leading U.S. Soldiers from a M110A2 self-propelled artillery squad from the Republic of China (Taiwan) Army.