China says military pressure on Taiwan to ‘continue’

BEIJING, May 29: China on Wednesday vowed military pressure on Taiwan would carry on as long as "independence" provocations continued on the self-ruled island.

Last week, China held two days of military drills around Taiwan that saw warships and jets loaded with live munitions practise seizing and isolating the self-ruled island.

The exercises were launched three days after Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te took office and made an inauguration speech that China denounced as a "confession of independence".
Beijing considers the democratic island part of its territory and has not ruled out using force to bring it under its control.     —AFP