Relations between Taiwan and China were again tense when the Taiwanese president was received in the United States on Thursday. Tsai Ing-wen wants to “prevent Chinese interference” in its territorial waters after the threat of Chinese maritime authorities to carry out inspections of cargo and passenger ships there.
“While I am out of the country, our national security team is closely monitoring the situation. What we have done is to ensure that our ships can navigate safely at sea and to prevent Chinese interference in our territorial waters,” she said, before leaving the United States. United, where she met the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Republican Kevin McCarthy.
Military pressure
Beijing must choose the path of “diplomacy” and not that of “pressure” on Taiwan, for its part urged the spokesman of the American diplomacy, shortly after the sending by China of warships in the waters surrounding the island.
“We continue to urge Beijing to cease its military, diplomatic and economic pressure on Taiwan and instead choose to exercise constructive diplomacy,” Vedant Patel, spokesman for the US State Department, told reporters. China considers Taiwan to be one of its provinces, which it intends to eventually bring back into its fold.