News Snapshot:
China launched air and sea drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it said was a "stern warning" after the island's vice president visited the United States. William Lai -- the frontrunner in Taiwan's presidential election next year and a vocal opponent of Beijing's claims to the island -- returned Friday from a trip to Paraguay, during which he stopped in New York and San Francisco. China has reacted angrily to the US stops, and on Saturday reiterated that Lai was a "troublemaker" while vowing to take "resolute measures... to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity". The People's Liberation Army...
