TAIPEI (Reuters) - China launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday, the day after Taiwan Vice President William Lai returned to Taipei after ...
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSTAIPEI - China launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday, the day after Taiwan Vice President William Lai returned to Taipei after making two stopovers in the United States as part of a trip to Paraguay, angering China which views him as a separatist and a"troublemaker".
China has repeatedly called on U.S. officials not to engage with Taiwanese leaders or allow them into the country under any guise, viewing it as support for Taiwan's desire to be viewed as separate from China. Lai is the ruling Democratic Party's presidential candidate for the January elections and is leading the polls.In 1979, the United States severed official relations with the government in Taipei and instead recognised the government in Beijing. A Taiwan-U.S. defence treaty was terminated at the same time.
The United States continues to be Taiwan's most important international source of weapons, and Taiwan's contested status is a constant source of friction between Beijing and Washington.Taiwan's government says that as the People's Republic of China has never ruled the island it has no right to claim sovereignty over it or speak for or represent it on the world stage, and that only Taiwan's people can decide their future.
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