'As long as there is a need, based on the position of humanitarian care, we are willing to provide the necessary assistance,' says Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen.
TAIPEI – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Sunday, January 1, offered to provide China with “necessary assistance” to help it deal with a surge in COVID-19 cases, but said Chinese military activities near the island were not beneficial to peace and stability.
Tsai, in her traditional new year message, delivered at the presidential office, said everyone had seen the rise in cases in China, which views Taiwan as its own territory and has ramped up military pressure to assert those claims. Taiwan and China have repeatedly sparred over their respective measures to control the spread of COVID.
Shortly after Tsai spoke, Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said 12 Chinese military aircraft had crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, which had previously served as an unofficial buffer between the two sides, in the past 24 hours.
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