Free China’s Presidential Candidates, in Debate, Stress Peace in Relations with Communist Regime at Beijing

China has also stepped up military pressure on the island by sending military jets and ships near it almost daily. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry this month also reported Chinese balloons, which could be used for spying, flying in its vicinity.

AP/Chiang Ying-ying
A poster at Taipei depicts candidates running for the Taiwanese presidential election on January 13, 2024. AP/Chiang Ying-ying

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Candidates for the presidency of the Republic of China on Taiwan are emphasizing the importance of peaceful relations with the Communist regime at Beijing, which has described January 13 elections on the island democracy as a choice between war and peace and stepped up harassment of the territory it claims as its own.

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