Taiwan says China's threat remains, though military drills ease

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TAIPEI: China's threat of force is undiminished, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Thursday (Aug 10), even though Beijing's largest ever military drills around the island seemed to be scaling down. Furious about a visit to Chinese-claimed Taiwan

China said on Wednesday it would keep up patrols but had, signalling a possible end to the war games even while keeping up pressure.

A source briefed on the matter told Reuters that the number of warships close to the Taiwan Strait's median line, an unofficial buffer, was"greatly reduced" from previous days. China says its relations with Taiwan are an internal matter and it reserves the right to bring the island under its control, by force if necessary.

Only Taiwan's people could decide its future, the spokesperson for Taiwan's foreign ministry, Joanne Ou, told a news conference in Taipei.

 

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