China Signals It Will Keep Up Pressure on Taiwan After Drills
- Beijing pledges to leave no room for ‘separatist activities’
- China held military exercises after Tsai-McCarthy meeting
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China indicated it will maintain pressure on Taiwan following its large-scale military drills, a sign that tensions over the democracy’s status will linger.
“We will not leave any room for any form of Taiwan separatist activities,” Zhu Fenglian, spokeswoman for the Taiwan Affairs Office in Beijing, said Wednesday at the first regular press briefing since the People’s Liberation Army held three days of military exercises around Taiwan.