TAIPEI—Taiwan is determined to defend itself and invaders will incur a “heavy price,” President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday on the anniversary of a confrontation six decades ago in which Taiwanese forces beat back Chinese regime forces.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen speaks to member of the House of Representatives of Japan Keiji Furuya and other members of the delegation at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 23, 2022. (Taiwan Presidential Office/Handout via Reuters)
Tensions between Taiwan and China have spiked over the past month following the visit to Taipei by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The Chinese regime staged war games near Taiwan to express its anger at what it saw as stepped up U.S. support for the island Beijing views as sovereign Chinese territory….