Technology is Taiwan’s security guarantee: TsaiBy Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter, in Tainan and KaohsiungTechnology is the nation’s security guarantee, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday, expressing the hope to make the world “more reliant on Taiwan.”Tsai made the remarks during visits to the Ministry of Science and Technology’s Cyber Security and Smart Technology R&D Building in Tainan and a planned science park in Kaohsiung’s Ciaotou District (橋頭). The cybersecurity building in Gueiren District (歸仁) houses 14 cybersecurity firms and the southern branch of the ministry’s start-up incubator Taiwan Tech Arena. President Tsai Ing-wen, center, and other guests take part in an event in Kaohsiung yesterday to attract businesses to a new science park in Ciaotou District. Photo: Lee Hui-chou, Taipei Times“The world is watching Taiwan, especially its technology development,” Tsai said, adding that the nation has to speed up innovation. Taiwan’s advanced technology and manufacturing prowess is critical to its survival and security, she said, adding that Taiwanese technology would help the nation create closer links with the world.

Source: Taipei Times December 24, 2021 22:22 UTC