News Snapshot:
Taiwan will not bow to pressure by Beijing and will defend its democratic way of life, the island's President Tsai Ing-wen warned today, following a spike in incursions by Chinese warplanes into its air defence zone. Self-governed Taiwan's 23 million people live under the constant threat of invasion by authoritarian China , which views the island as its territory and has vowed to one day seize it, by force if necessary. 'The more we achieve, the greater the pressure we face from China,' Tsai said in a speech marking Taiwan's National Day on Sunday in the capital of Taipei, adding:...
