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 ...