Politicians Should Pledge Not to Surrender or Capitulate to CCP: Taiwanese Civil Groups

Several Taiwanese civil organizations called on all candidates for the November nine-in-one elections to sign the "Defend Taiwan and Never Surrender" pledge in a joint press conference in Taipei on Sept. 5, 2022. Shih-chieh Lin/The Epoch Times

A number of Taiwan’s civil groups are urging candidates for upcoming local elections to pledge to “defend Taiwan, and never surrender.”

Facing escalating military coercion by the communist regime and infiltration by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on the island, local civil societies held a joint press conference in Taipei, urging candidates to pledge their determination to defend Taiwan.