Lee is the institute's honorary chairman.
China is just a loud mouth.
Lee, the former head of the KMT and president of Taiwan for the past 12 years, spoke with reporters for nearly one hour in his new office at the Taiwan Research Institute. The tension in the Taiwan Strait is just superficial, Lee said. The people of Taiwan do not have to be nervous about the current situation, they only need to understand the real state of China's military. China has bought outdated weapons from the Soviet Union. Other countries are progressing while China still has old outdated weapons, but the situation will change in five to six years.