William Lai, the vice president of Taiwan, accused China of attempting to influence the upcoming election. Lai is the frontrunner in the election.
Taiwan’s vice president and front-runner in upcomingaccused China on Friday of employing unfair trade practices that could be used to influence the voting.
His comments come after China announced on Monday that it was suspending mango imports from Taiwan, alleging that authorities had detected pests on the fruit. The trade curb is widely believed to be politically motivated. Over the weekend, Beijing launched war games around Taiwan, a self-governed democracy that China claims as its own territory. China and Taiwan split in 1949 following a civil war that ended with the Communist Party taking control of the mainland.
The military drills followed stopovers by Lai in New York and San Francisco as part of a state visit to Paraguay earlier this month. Lai decried the exercises as an attempt by Beijing to intimidate voters and influence the January elections.
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