Cai Mingyan, director of the Security Bureau, attended the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee of the Legislative Yuan today, and made a report on "Recent Analysis and Response to the Influence of the Indo-Pacific Regional Situation on my country" and prepared for inquiries.

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[Reporter Wu Shuwei/Taipei Report] Recently, some opinions in Taiwan’s political and academic circles have advocated that Taiwan should maintain an “equivalence” relationship with the United States and China. Regarding this, Director of National Security Cai Mingyan pointed out that the concept of equidistance is more like an academic or news term , because of the policy aspect of operation, it depends on the issues and different situations at equal intervals, so as to manage the relationship with the United States and China.

The Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee of the Legislative Yuan invited Cai Mingyan, Director of the National Security Bureau, and relevant ministries and committees to report on "Recent Analysis and Response to the Influence of the Indo-Pacific Regional Situation on my country".

Lin Changzuo, a non-party legislator, pointed out that some people in Taiwan believe that Taiwan can have a powerful country equidistant space, and asked Cai Mingyan whether Taiwan has a way to do so.

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Cai Mingyan said that the concept of equidistance is more like an academic or news term, because in terms of policy, equidistance depends on issues and different situations, and is used to manage relations with the United States and China. The current geopolitical situation is more complicated In the process, how to find the source of threats, how to expand the support of international alliances, and how to grasp the mainstream values ​​of the international community are three factors that must be taken into consideration when planning the overall grand strategy.

As for whether the current international situation is a new type of cold war, Cai Mingyan said that at present, we can see that the strategic competition between the United States and China is heating up, and there is also a trend of group confrontation. It can be seen that the United States and regional countries have strengthened cooperation, security-oriented, and economically oriented multilateralism. The establishment of the mechanism hopes to restrict China's behavior in the security part, cooperate in the aspect of economic security, and make the alliance's cooperation in the supply chain more resilient.