Lai Ching-te, the president of Taiwan, may be betting that China’s appetite for retaliation will be limited by Beijing’s interest in containing tensions with the Trump administration.

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He also addressed the status of the self-governed island of Taiwan and reiterated China's position that it is an "inalienable part of China" and any attempt to make it independent is "doomed to fail".

BEIJING/TAIPEI, March 17 (Reuters) - Chinese military exercises near Taiwan on Monday were punishment for Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te's continued promotion of "separatism", according to a ...