President Trump this week spoke with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and the Chinese government

said Xi outlined what it called China's principal position on Taiwan.

The self-governing democracy of 23 million residents has never been part of communist China,

but Beijing considers it a breakaway province.

Nick Schifrin recently sat down with Taiwan's deputy foreign minister at the Halifax International

Security Forum to talk about the relationship with the U.S. and why Taiwan is so focused

on the fate of Ukraine.

Ukraine is fighting what it considers an existential battle, on the front line, and in Geneva conference

rooms, and even those half a world away are watching, for they too face a much larger

neighbor challenging their sovereignty.

We don't want to have the aggressor happen in their way.

So we have to work together to support this whole cause.

It's very important for us.

Chen Ming Chi is Taiwan's deputy foreign minister.

We spoke this weekend at the Halifax International Security Forum, just as the U.S.

pushed Kiev to agree to a U.S. drafted peace plan.

That plan has a global implications.

We are watching that closely.

You know, in Taiwan, I think the most important thing is to, you know,

strengthen our defense capability so that, you know,

work with our ally, work with our, like my partner,

so as to provide a better deterrence.

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