Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has expressed her determination to strengthen defense capabilities in a speech during celebrations for ...Tsai:TaiwanwillnotbowtopressureTaiwan'sPresidentTsaiIng-wenhasexpressedherdeterminationtostrengthendefensecapabilitiesinaspeechduringcelebrationsforDoubleTenDay,whichTaiwanconsidersitsfoundingday.TheceremonytookplaceonSundayinfrontofthePresidentialOfficeBuildinginTaipei.Tsaisaidthat"theroutinizationofChinesemilitaryactivity"inTaiwan'sairdefenseidentificationzone"hasseriouslyaffectedbothournationalsecurityandaviationsafety."OnrelationswithBeijing,shesaidTaiwancallsformaintainingthestatusquo,andwilldoitsutmosttopreventthestatusquofrombeingunilaterallyaltered.Thepresidentalsosaid,"Wehopeforaneasingofcross-straitrelationsandwillnotactrashly,butthereshouldbeabsolutelynoillusionsthattheTaiwanesepeoplewillbowtopressure."AparadedisplayedweaponsincludingtheHsiungFengIII,ananti-shipmissiledevelopedbyTaiwan.TheTaiwaneseauthoritiesareacceleratingthedevelopmentandmassproductionoflong-rangemissilestoincreasedeterrenceagainstChina.