Taiwan’s president sees navy ship commissioned amid tensions with China

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, third from right, takes a group photo with officers during the commissioning ceremony (Chiang Ying-ying/AP)

Taiwan’s president oversaw the commissioning of a new domestically made navy warship as part of the island’s plan to boost indigenous defence capacity amid heightened tensions with China.

President Tsai Ing-wen spoke at a naval base in Su’ao, on the island’s east coast, saying the ship “proves that on the path to becoming independent in national defence, no matter what difficulties arise, we can overcome them one by one”.