Taiwan’s security chief in US as China escalates pressure with war drills

Earlier this week, China's military conducted two days of war games outside Taiwan, including long-range, live-fire drills in the East China Sea, signalling an increase in operations around the island read more Days after China wrapped its war drills surrounding Taiwan, a person familiar with the situation said Friday that the chairman of Taiwan's National Security Council has arrived in the United States for discussions with President Donald Trump's administration. Joseph Wu was leading a group to a meeting known as the "special channel," according to the Financial Times. It was Trump's first use of the channel since returning to…