Taiwan calls for ‘meaningful dialogue’ with China amid heightened military tensions

TAIPEI ࢀ" Taiwan wants to have “meaningful dialogue” with China on an equal basis, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Saturday, extending an olive branch at a time of heightened military tension with Beijing, which claims the island as sovereign Chinese territory. Democratic Taiwan has come under increasing pressure from Beijing, which has ramped up air force activity near the island in the past few weeks, including crossing the Taiwan Strait’s sensitive mid line that normally serves as an unofficial buffer zone. China says it is responding to “collusion” between Washington and Taipei, angered at growing U.S. support for the self-governed…