NEW YORK, March 31 — Taiwan has remained calm in the face of China “deliberately” raising tensions, President Tsai Ing-wen told an event during a stopover in New York that so...
NEW YORK, March 31 — Taiwan has remained calm in the face of China “deliberately” raising tensions, President Tsai Ing-wen told an event during a stopover in New York that so far, according to Taipei and Washington, has not triggered unusual military actions by China.
Beijing says Taiwan belongs to “one China” and, as a Chinese province, has no right to state-to-state ties. Taiwan disputes this. “The people of Taiwan look forward to peace, but history tells us that the best way to avoid war is to make ourselves stronger,” Tsai said at the event, where she received a leadership award.
China’s air force flies almost daily into the air defence zone, or across the median line, in which Taiwan calls “grey zone” warfare designed to test and wear out its forces. He added that Taiwan had been conducting dry runs on responses to a rise in tensions while the president is away, including when she is flying, and that she can be reached at any time to meet her top security officials.
As House speaker, McCarthy is third in the US leadership succession hierarchy. China has repeatedly warned US officials not to meet Tsai, seeing it as showing support for the island’s desire to be recognized as a separate country.
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