SUAO, TAIWAN (AFP) – Taiwan’s President watched naval drills simulating an attack on the island on Friday (April 13), days before Beijing is set to hold live-fire exercises nearby in a show of force..
SUAO, TAIWAN (AFP) – Taiwan’s President watched naval drills simulating an attack on the island on Friday (April 13), days before Beijing is set to hold live-fire exercises nearby in a show of force.
Relations between self-ruling Taiwan and China have deteriorated since Ms Tsai Ing-wen came to power, largely because she refuses to accept the « One China » formula governing relations.
Beijing regards the island as its territory – to be reunited by force if necessary – even though the two sides split in 1949 after a civil war.
China’s growing military is increasingly flexing its muscles and will hold live-fire drills next week in the Taiwan Strait – the narrow waterway separating the Chinese mainland from Taiwan – following weeks of naval manoeuvres in the area.
Ms Tsai on Friday boarded the Kee Lung destroyer to supervise as Taiwanese sailors practised defending against an attack on the island’s northeastern port of Suao.
