Miscalculation risk in Taiwan Strait is biggest concern: Australia Foreign Minister

News Snapshot:

SINGAPORE – The risk of escalation and miscalculation in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea is a top concern for Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong. Amid mounting security concerns, China on May 23 embarked on military drills in the Taiwan Strait as a warning to newly inaugurated Taiwan President Lai Ching-te, whom Beijing regards as a “separatist”. China claims the self-ruled island as its territory to be reunified with the mainland one day, by force if necessary. “I am deeply worried about large-scale military operations by China in the Taiwan Strait,” Ms Wong told The Straits Times in...