"Only we can be counted on to save our nation, and indigenous shipbuilding and airplane building programs will help establish the research and development capability of our national defense industry."
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Yen Teh-fa (2018) cited in "Taiwan losing military edge: US report" on Taipei Times, 18 August 2018.
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