Taiwan steeling itself for Chinese drills over Vice-President Lai's US visit
TAIPEI - China is likely to launch military drills next week near Taiwan, using Vice-President William Lai’s stopovers in the US as a pretext to intimidate voters ahead of an election in 2024 and make them “fear war”, Taiwanese officials said.who is the front runner for Taiwan’s presidential vote in January, have already drawn Beijing’s ire.
Neither China’s Defence Ministry nor its Taiwan Affairs Office responded to a request for comment, though the government has repeatedly condemned the visit. China’s Ambassador to the US said in July that it was his country’s “priority” to stop the visit, though he gave no details.
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