Taiwan’s minister of mainland affairs on Wednesday called on the People’s Republic of China to to ease tensions in the region to maintain security and peace in the Taiwan Strait. Tai-Sun Chiu told Beijing to stop flaunting its military power and tightening its economic grip on Taipei, said in a prepared video to the Center for New American Security.  Beijing “has become a destabilizing factor in the Taiwan Strait” that threatens global trade, international shipping and air travel, Chiu said. This “currently complex and changing situation” has become an increasingly dangerous one of miscalculation and military escalation following House Speaker Nancy … Continue reading Taiwan Officials Call on Beijing to Ease Regional Military, Economic Tensions