Taiwan must uphold spirit of 823: Lai

‘UNITED’: Taiwan has increased military spending and improved wages and benefits for military personnel, Lai said, urging people to defend the nation together By Wu Cheng-ting and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source Even in peacetime, forgetting war is dangerous, but Taiwan will uphold the spirit of those who were on the front lines of the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis and not cede an inch of territory, President William Lai (賴清德) said in Kinmen County yesterday during an event marking the 68th anniversary of the 823 Artillery Bombardment.At the rain-soaked event, to commemorate the Aug. 23, 1958, Chinese attack on Kinmen that started the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, Lai expressed his respect and gratitude to the soldiers who, regardless of the