Honolulu, United States: Taiwan President Lai Ching-te was feted with a red carpet, garlands of flowers and “alohas” as he kicked off his two-day stopover in Hawaii on Saturday, part of a Pacific tour that has sparked fiery rhetoric from Beijing. China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has responded to Lai’s first…
* China urges ‘utmost caution’ by US ahead of Taiwan president’s Hawaii trip Taiwan president to visit Hawaii on Pacific tour * China opposes foreign interactions, visits for Taiwan leaders * Taiwan president also visiting three Pacific island nations BEIJING, – China urged the United States on Friday to exercise the “utmost caution” on relations…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s defence ministry said on Sunday it had spotted 35 Chinese military aircraft, including fighters and bombers, flying to the island’s south on the way to exercises in the Pacific, a second day in a row it has reported such activities. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory despite…