“Thirty years ago, if you were to tell someone that Taiwan would one day make 90% of the world’s advanced chips and would be[the] top one in semi-conductors, no one would have believed you. But we made it.
“If you were to say that Taiwan could one day manufacture its own submarine, no one would believe you. But we made it.”

—President Lai Ching-te, speaking at a luncheon on Dec. 5 at the Hyatt Regency Guam, hosted by Ambassador Alexander Tah-Ray Yui, Taiwan’s ambassador to the United States.

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