China is the biggest challenge Taiwan faces, President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) said during a speech at a U.S. government-affiliated think tank in Hawaii on Sunday, as he pledged to strengthen Taiwan's defense capacity and safeguard its 23 million people.
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