Taiwan President Lai Ching-te called on Beijing to cease its threats.
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te speaking during the May 20 inauguration ceremony in Taipei. He called on China to stop its threats.
China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has denounced Taiwan President Lai’s inauguration speech on May 20 in which he called on China to stop its threats. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi this week called Mr Lai “disgraceful”. The drills are being conducted in the Taiwan Strait, the north, south and east of Taiwan, as well as areas around the Taiwan-controlled islands of Kinmen, Matsu, Wuqiu and Dongyin, the command said in a statement.
A senior Taiwan official, speaking anonymously given the sensitivity of the matter, told Reuters that the drills are part of a scenario Taiwan had anticipated and that the island’s government has a “comprehensive grasp” of Chinese military movements. The Chinese state media published a map of the drill zones, in five areas all around Taiwan and the islands Taiwan controls near the Chinese coast.
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