A live-fire drill using an aircraft carrier is seen carried out in the Bohai sea, China, December 11, 2016. Reuters
Reuters: Get used to drills, China tells Taiwan; Taipei says it seeks peace
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan will gradually get used to Chinese air force drills that encircle the island, China said on Wednesday, while Taiwan’s premier reiterated the self-ruled island’s desire for peaceful relations with its giant neighbor.
China considers democratic Taiwan to be its sacred territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring what it views as a wayward province under Chinese control.
It has taken an increasingly hostile stance toward Taiwan since Tsai Ing-wen, from the island’s pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party, won presidential elections last year and has stepped up its rhetoric and military exercises.
Beijing suspects her of pushing for the island’s formal independence, a red line for China. Tsai says she wants peace with China, but also that she will defend Taiwan’s security and way of life.
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WNU Editor: It has been an intense year between China and Taiwan .... Now the Chinese Air Force is provoking Taiwan (We Are The Might), and the Taiwanese are responding .... Taiwan warns Chinese military drills pose huge threat to its security (SCMP).
