Taipei says Beijing could launch drills this week in response to William Lai’s transits.
TAIPEI: Any Chinese military action in response to Taiwanese vice-president William Lai’s stopovers in the US would be an attempt by China to interfere in the island’s elections, Lai said during a trip to Paraguay.
“If China uses the transits as an excuse to again launch verbal and military intimidation or other threatening methods, it just confirms international media reports that China is attempting to intervene in Taiwan’s election with military threats,” the news agency cited Lai as saying.Taiwan’s defence ministry said yesterday it had yet to see any large-scale Chinese manoeuvres near the island.
Both Taiwan and the US have sought to keep Lai’s US stopovers low key, and Lai said there were “no special arrangements” to meet with US officials.
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