Taiwan will ‘not provoke confrontation’ with China, VP says

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan will not provoke a confrontation with China, the self-ruled island's vice president said Friday, lamenting Beijing's "aggressive military posturing" against the island democracy that China claims as its own. "We do not seek conflict. We will not provoke confrontation," said Bi-khim Hsiao, adding that her government has urged Beijing to communicate "with parity and respect." Hsiao, who has served under Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te since their election win last year, said her government has seen "a dramatic uptick in provocative and proactive CCP efforts to infiltrate, sabotage and divide our society," referring to the Chinese Communist…