00:00A U.S. Senate delegation is in Taiwan urging the country's lawmakers to pass sufficient funding for its defense amid
00:06increasing threats from China.
00:09Let's not make the mistake of underfunding baseline capabilities, because that to an adversary will identify maybe a vulnerability or
00:21a weakness.
00:22The remarks came ahead of a meeting with legislative speaker Han Guo Yu from the main opposition, Guo Min-dang
00:28and other lawmakers.
00:30The ruling Democratic Progressive Party's 40 billion U.S. dollar special defense budget remains stalled, with opposition parties proposing smaller
00:37budgets instead.
00:39The U.S. senators say passing the budget would show Taiwan is doing its part in its defense rather than
00:45relying solely on Washington.
00:47They also urged China to engage with all of Taiwan's political parties after KMT Chair Chen Liwen said she has
00:54accepted an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit China.
01:00We hope that China would view dialogue with leaders, both elected and unelected, in Taiwan in the same way that
01:14they would, if they're going to be talking to one party, that they would be talking to all parties.
01:22Beijing has cut off all communication with the DPP-led government since 2016.
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