Coast Guard workouts
The patrol arrived a day after Chinese President Xi Jinping and the president of the United States Donald Trump spoke on the telephone, with XI who informed Trump that the United States should “handle Taiwan’s demand with prudence”.
This is “in order that marginal separatists are supposed to be on Taiwan’s independence will be unable to tug China and America into the harmful land of the conflict and even battle,” mentioned XI, in keeping with a studying of the Chinese authorities of the decision.
China repeatedly calls Taiwan its most essential and delicate query in relations with the United States, which is certain by regulation to supply the island the means to defend itself.
China states that Taiwan democratically ruled is its “sacred territory” – a place that the Taipei authorities strongly refuses – and that it has the fitting to carry out workouts within the Chinese territory.
Lai, who final month marked a 12 months in cost, is hated by Beijing, who calls him a separatist and rejected his repeated provides for the interviews.
Lai states that solely the individuals of Taiwan can resolve their future and that the federal government is set to extend the expense for the protection and strengthen its army. China has by no means given up using pressure to deliver Taiwan below its management.
On Sunday, Lai will take part within the workouts within the southern metropolis of Kaohsiung for the Taiwan coast guard, whose ships would have been put in service in fight roles within the occasion of a conflict with China.
