A US-made F-16V fighter jet with its armaments on display during an exercise at a military base in Chiayi, southern Taiwan. Photo: AFP
‘The last thing Beijing wants is a military conflict’: overseas Taiwanese
- Tensions over the Taiwan Strait are high amid an increase in military activity in the area by both the United States and China
- While concerned, the island’s diaspora is used to sabre-rattling – and recognises that sometimes it is a way of averting war, rather than starting one
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A US-made F-16V fighter jet with its armaments on display during an exercise at a military base in Chiayi, southern Taiwan. Photo: AFP