TAIPEI -- Western nations show too much "timidity" to work with Taiwan in the face of China's pressure, a former U.K. defense secretary said in an interview with Nikkei Asia.
Gavin Williamson, a member of Parliament who served in senior positions in successive Conservative governments, said countries should recognize that Taiwan is "a proud, sovereign nation-state" and do more to help it counter military threats and "gray zone" pressure from China, which claims Taiwan as its territory.
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