On the morning of July 21, 2026, from 9:00 to 12:00 Eastern Time, at the US Capitol building, two high-level panel discussions of the 2026 China Freedom and US-Taiwan Security Forum took place. The event brought together US congressional members, former US senior intelligence officials, cybersecurity leaders, scholars, and outstanding experts from Taiwan for an in-depth exploration. New Tang Dynasty and Epoch Times conducted live streaming of the event with real-time translated subtitles.
The topics of discussion included:
– Enhancing the cyber resilience of critical infrastructure
– Constructing a whole-of-society cyber defense model
– AI-driven cybersecurity and emerging technologies
– Enterprise cybersecurity and supply chain security
– Promoting US-Taiwan cybersecurity partnership
Among the speakers were:
Congressman Andy Ogles
Chair of the House Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee
Professor Yu-Chieh Lee
Executive Director of the Cybersecurity Research Center at the China Institute and Chairman of TWNIC
Hao-Wei Chen
Chief Information Security Officer at Coupang, responsible for Taiwan and Japan operations, and Director of the Taiwan Hacker Association
Dr. Xiaoxu Sean Lin
CEO of Consilium Institute
The discussions also included:
– Understanding the political warfare tactics of the Chinese Communist Party
– Addressing united front activities and strategic penetrations
– Defending democratic systems against influence operations
– Establishing democratic resilience to combat cognitive warfare
– Strengthening US-Taiwan cooperation to resist authoritarian influence
Nicholas Eftimiades, former intelligence officer with experience in the CIA, DIA, and US State Department, and currently a professor in the Homeland Security Program at Penn State University, was among the guest speakers. Dr. Bradley A. Thayer, founding member of the Committee on the Present Danger: China, Dr. Yu-Hsi Liu, Associate Professor at Shih Hsin University in Taiwan, Cheryl Yu, researcher at The Jamestown Foundation, and David Zhang also participated in the forum.
For those interested in watching the event, live streams were available on the following platforms:
Epoch Times: [https://youtube.com/live/qKs9ILynSHc](https://youtube.com/live/qKs9ILynSHc)
New Tang Dynasty: [https://youtube.com/live/zKix8p3UCaw](https://youtube.com/live/zKix8p3UCaw)
Clean World: [https://www.ganjingworld.com/live/1in23l2pbmv2gsgDo9Fxskra618e1c](https://www.ganjingworld.com/live/1in23l2pbmv2gsgDo9Fxskra618e1c)