China military action to US stopover would be election interference, Taiwan vice president says

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TAIPEI: Any Chinese military action in response to the stopovers in the US by Taiwan Vice President William Lai would be an attempt by Beijing to interfere in the island's elections, Lai said

on her way back from Central America.

China considers Taiwan to be its most sensitive and important political and diplomatic issue, and it is a constant source of Sino-US friction.on Tuesday, Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu said"playing with fire on the Taiwan issue and vainly trying to 'control China with Taiwan' is bound to end in failure".

 

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