- President Lai stated that the purpose of increasing defense spending is to deter war rather than to provoke.
- Lai expressed openness to various energy options, which Japanese media analyzed as a flexible shift regarding restarting nuclear power.
- Scholar Satoru Nagao and other analysts noted the speech focused heavily on domestic livelihood and economic sharing while maintaining a consistent stance on peace and stability.
- Beijing criticized the speech, with the Taiwan Affairs Office reiterating the one-China principle, while Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Committee called on Beijing to face the reality of cross-strait system differences pragmatically.
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