A Chinese official said military drills around the island were a stern warning against foreign interference, after Taiwan’s president visited the United States.
| China indicated it will maintain pressure on Taiwan following its large-scale military drills, a sign that tensions over the democracy’s status will linger.
The PLA exercises that wrapped up on Monday with a record 54 warplane flights into sensitive areas around Taiwan were the biggest since August last year, when China fired missiles overhead because President Tsai Ing-wen met then-US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi., last week. Mr McCarthy said after the meeting at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Los Angeles that “our bond is stronger now than at any time or point in my lifetime”.
Despite the tensions with China, Ms Tsai looked relaxed as she greeted the 10 Canadian legislators, even cracking a joke after the interpreter said “bonjour”, the French word for hello, in translating her opening remarks into English.
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