TAIPEI: Taiwan's defence ministry has contingency plans for moves by China during Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's overseas visit, Deputy Defence Minister Po Horng-huei said on Wednesday, ahead of Tsai going to the United States and Central America next week.
China, which claims to control Taiwan as its own territory, carried large-scale war games around the island last August after a visit to Taipei by then US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
While in California she is expected to meet current House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the most sensitive leg of the trip, though Taiwan's presidential office did not confirm that would take place.
Asked by reporters on the sidelines of a Parliament session whether China was going to stage more drills when Tsai is abroad, Po said that the armed forces were prepared.