December 4, 2024
Thematic image only. Security sources have told Reuters that China could stage new war games around Taiwan as early as this weekend in response to the trip. PHOTO: UNSPLASH
Taiwan says China’s threats over president’s US visit are counterproductive
China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has expressed anger at President Lai Ching-te’s weekend trip to Hawaii on his way to three countries in the Pacific that maintain formal diplomatic ties with Taipei.
