China launches military drills around Taiwan as 'warning' after island's Vice President stops over in US

Taiwanese Vice President William Lai’s recent trip to Paraguay to reinforce relations with his government’s last diplomatic partner in South America included stops in San Francisco and New York City. China’s Communist Party claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory.


Taiwan's President slams China for military drills, says Beijing not showing 'responsible            behaviour'

The Chinese military began conducting maneuvers surrounding the island on Saturday, August 19, as a "warning" against what it called cooperation between "separatists and foreign forces," according to the defense ministry of China. This came days after Taiwan Vice President William Lai visited the United States.

In order to strengthen ties with his government's final South American diplomatic partner, Paraguay, Taiwanese Vice President William Lai recently traveled there, stopping in San Francisco and New York City along the way.

The Communist Party of China asserts that Taiwan is a part of its territory and that it has no authority to engage in international matters.

According to a statement from a representative for China's Eastern Theater Command, the military drills involve the coordination of aircraft and ships as well as their capacity to seize control of air and seaspace.

Shi Yi claimed that it was also a test of the army' "actual combat capabilities."

"The drills were a warning over provocations from pro-Taiwan independence forces and foreign forces," he claimed.

The "irrational, provocative moves" were harshly denounced in a statement by Taiwan's Defense Ministry.

In response to the drills, the Ministry stated that it would send out the proper forces and take additional steps to "safeguard freedom and democracy."

It stated that its military would be ready to respond to any threats made by the Chinese army and emphasized that its units have "the capability, determination, and confidence to safeguard national security."

After a civil war that left the mainland under the power of the governing Communist Party, Taiwan and China split apart in 1949. Taiwan has never been a part of the People's Republic of China, but Beijing views it as a province that broke away and should, if necessary, be retaken by force.

Unnamed officials in China's Taiwan Work Office, according to a report in the Chinese media, sharply denounced what they called additional coordination between the U.S. and Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party and labeled it a "new provocative move."


(With AP inputs)

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