Taiwan says China’s activities threaten regional stability

President Tsai Ing-wen told a visiting US delegation of former senior officials Taipei was willing to work with the US to counter ‘provocations’.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has told a visiting US delegation of former senior officials that the Chinese military’s activities had threatened peace and stability in the region, and pointed to what she said were recent “provocations”. “We are very willing to work with like-minded countries, including the United States, to jointly safeguard the peace and stability of the Indo-Pacific and deter adventurous manoeuvres and provocations,” Tsai said in the meeting, which was broadcast live on Facebook on Thursday. Tsai also told the delegation that Taiwan looks forward to resuming trade talks with the US as soon as possible and will work with Washington in countering fake news and disinformation.