Taiwan’s minister of mainland affairs on Wednesday called on the People’s Republic of China to to ease tensions in the region to maintain security and peace in the Taiwan Strait.
Tai-Sun Chiu told Beijing to stop flaunting its military power and tightening its economic grip on Taipei, said in a prepared video to the Center for New American Security.
Beijing “has become a destabilizing factor in the Taiwan Strait” that threatens global trade, international shipping and air travel, Chiu said. This...