Tsai vows to bolster Taiwan self-defense on China bombardment anniv.

Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen pledged Wednesday to bolster the island's self-defense capabilities as she visited an outlying island county that bore the brunt of artillery bombardments from mainland China during the 1958 Taiwan Strait crisis.Tsai visited Kinmen, a group of islands located off the coast of mainland China governed by Taiwan as a county, for the 65th anniversary of the "823 Artillery Bombardment," which began on Aug. 23, 1958, and saw more than 470,000 artillery shells fired at the islands over 44 days."To maintain peace, we must first strengthen ourselves. Therefore, we must con…READ FULL ARTICLE