Beijing: China held air and sea drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it said was a 'stern warning' after the island's vice president visited the United States.
William Lai — the frontrunner in Taiwan's presidential election next year and a vocal opponent of Beijing's claims to the island — stopped in New York and San Francisco on Friday while returning from a trip to Paraguay.China has reacted angrily, on Saturday reiterating that Lai was a 'troublemaker' and vowing to take 'resolute measures... to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
It launched major military exercises last year after Nancy Pelosi, then the speaker of the US House of Representatives, visited Taiwan, and later when President Tsai Ing-wen transited through the United States.However, Sifu Ou at Taiwan's Institute for National Defense and Security Research told AFP he thought 'the scale of PLA exercise will be moderate.''It will put pressure on Taiwan and not cause negative effects that will help William Lai,' Ou said.
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