China To Ramp Up Military, Economic "Coercion" Of Taiwan, Says US

Thursday, 18 August 2022newsdesk

The United States expects China to ramp up its military, diplomatic and economic "coercion" of Taiwan, its top envoy in East Asia said Thursday, after Beijing's unprecedented drills around the island it claims as its own.

New Delhi, 18 August 2022

As per news report of NDTV, The Chinese military has staged days of air and sea exercises in the Taiwan Strait after visits by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a congressional delegation to the self-ruled island. Washington on Thursday announced plans for formal trade talks with Taiwan by the autumn in a show of support for the democracy in response to China's drills, despite not holding official ties with the government in Taipei. "While our policy has not changed, what has changed is Beijing's growing coercion," Washington's top envoy for East Asia, Daniel Kritenbrink, told reporters on a teleconference call.

Source - NDTV