PENGHU, Taiwan: Taiwan's leader Tsai Ing-wen told the self-ruled island's military units on Tuesday to keep their cool in the face of daily warplane flights and warship maneuvers by China, saying Taipei would not allow Beijing to provoke a conflict.
China has kept up military pressure on Taiwan in the weeks following United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taipei on August 2. Beijing initially retaliated with large military drills in the waters and skies near Taiwan. It fired missiles over the island, some of which landed in Japan's economic zone, considered a serious escalation, while also sending warships and planes toward the island in large numbers.
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