Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said in a tweet on Aug. 5 that her country is ready to respond as needed to China’s threats.

“We need to think ahead about what kind of situations could happen,” Shigeru Ishiba, lawmaker and former Japanese defense minister, said during a meeting with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on July 28.

The incursion followed just days after Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen wrote a letter to Pope Francis on Jan. 23, noting that constructive interaction with China is only a possibility if Beijing respects Taiwan’s freedoms and democracy.

Taiwan fired warning shots at a drone for the first time on Tuesday shortly after President Tsai Ing-wen said she had ordered the military to take "strong countermeasures" against what she termed Chinese provocations.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said in a video statement that Taiwan will not compete with China in "meaningless" dollar diplomacy. "Taiwan's people have proved to the world that we never cower from threats. 

It also noted that Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen stated that "Taiwan is 'an independent country already' so has no need to declare itself an independent state."

(Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times) "Taiwan is proud to cooperate with our like-minded partners to expand trade, boost investment, and build more sustainable supply chains in semiconductors and other key sectors," Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen

Aso addressed the audience at the Ketagalan Forum and met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. In a stark deviation from past patterns, the trip encountered neither criticism nor backlash from Japanese opposition factions or the left-wing press.

Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said Blackburn was due to meet President Tsai Ing-wen during her trip, which ends on Saturday, as well as top security official Wellington Koo and Foreign Minister Joseph Wu.

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during national day celebrations in front of the Presidential Palace in Taipei, Taiwan, on Oct. 10, 2021.

Tsai Ing-wen, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, representatives of Taiwan semiconductor manufacturers, academic leaders, and other government officials, according to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) press release.

Taiwan forces conducted live-fire war games in its biggest annual military exercise on May 25, 2017, presided by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, as the island faces a growing threat from its cross-strait rival China.

President Tsai Ing-wen is ineligible for a third term, and William Lai will be the candidate for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The flamboyant businessman Terry Guo again appears to be the lead presidential candidate for the KMT.

Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) led a delegation to meet with President Tsai Ing-wen, as well as President of the Executive Yuan Su Tseng-chang and Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua for an in-depth exchange on various important issues in Taiwan-U.S.

However, it seems as though the DPP, under its candidate, Vice President Lai Ching-te, could be increasingly well-placed to take the presidency, replacing President Tsai Ing-wen, who cannot run for a new term.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) poses for photographs with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, at the president's office in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 3, 2022. (Handout/Getty Images) In assessing her trip, Pelosi declared, "Yes, it was worth it.”

The group met Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen on Aug. 15. (L–R) U.S. Reps. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.), John Garamendi (D-Calif.), Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry Department of North American Affairs Director-General Douglas Hsu, U.S. Rep.

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen speaks about US exports of beef and pork to Taiwan in the Presidential Office Building in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 28, 2020.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (C) speaks during the National Day in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan, on Oct. 10, 2020.

In her national address on Oct 10, President Tsai Ing-wen expressed regrets over China's escalating use of trade restrictions, military intimidation, and diplomatic pressure to undermine Taiwan's sovereignty.

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen condemned the move Sunday on Facebook, pledging to assist and protect farmers in the face of "unreasonable market interference.”

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen also attempted to make the case for Taiwan’s membership in the WHO, saying she “hoped that all countries after experiencing this outbreak would better understand Taiwan's capabilities and areas of contribution, to seriously

(Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images) Ahead of Taiwan’s National Day on Oct. 10, some U.S. lawmakers have sent congratulatory letters to President Tsai Ing-wen to express their support.

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has confirmed that U.S. troops are deployed on the island. It's the first official public confirmation from Taiwan in 40 years. Popular opinion among Washington bureaucrats has been to refrain from angering the CCP.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at the Ronald Raegan Presidential Library in Semi Valley, Calif., on April 5, 2023.

"We are aware that the pandemic situation has recently become more serious in China," Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said in her New Year's remarks on Jan. 1.

(center L), after receiving the Order of Propitious Clouds with Special Grand Cordon, Taiwan’s highest civilian honor, from Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen (center R) at the president's office in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 3, 2022.

The Chinese regime refuses to recognize the island’s government and has increasingly sought to isolate the administration of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Taiwan next week to meet with President Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Feb. 21, noting that the visit underscores Washington's "unanimous bipartisan support" for Taiwan.

The incident came shortly after Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said that she ordered "strong countermeasures" against China's ongoing military provocations.