The Trump administration and the European Union have expressed concerns over communist China’s large-scale drills in the airspace and waters around Taiwan.
The military drills, which involved the Chinese navy, air, ground, and rocket forces, started on April 1. The exercises continued on April 2, with long-range live-fire drills in the East China Sea.
Taiwan’s Presidential Office has criticized the Chinese regime, calling it an “internationally recognized troublemaker” that resorts to military provocations and maritime gray-zone harassment to “blatantly challenge the international order.”
On Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump “is emphasizing the importance of maintaining peace in the Taiwan Strait, encouraging the peaceful resolution of these cross-strait issues, [and] reiterating our opposition to any unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion.”…