Reuters
Taiwan must show it is determined to defend itself no matter who wins the U.S. presidency on Nov. 5, Defence Minister Wellington Koo said on Tuesday as the U.S. election campaign entered its final hours. Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for the U.S. presidency and neck and neck in the polls with Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris, has made comments on the campaign trail that Taiwan should pay to be protected and also accused the island of stealing American semiconductor business. Democratically-governed Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, has faced a sustained military pressure campaign from Beijing over the past five years, including four major rounds of war games in the past two years.