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China staged war games near Taiwan to express its anger at what it saw as stepped up U.S. support for the island Beijing views as sovereign ... SkiptomaincontentRegisternowforFREEunlimitedaccesstoReuters.comRegisterTAIPEI,Aug23(Reuters)-Taiwanisdeterminedtodefenditselfandinvaderswillincura"heavyprice",PresidentTsaiIng-wensaidonTuesdayontheanniversaryofaconfrontationsixdecadeagoinwhichTaiwaneseforcesbeatbackChineseattackers.TensionsbetweenTaiwanandChinahavespikedoverthepastmonthfollowingthevisittoTaipeibyU.S.HouseSpeakerNancyPelosi.ChinastagedwargamesnearTaiwantoexpressitsangeratwhatitsawassteppedupU.S.supportfortheislandBeijingviewsassovereignChineseterritory.Meetingmilitaryofficers,Tsaiextolledthe"spirit"ofdefendingagainstChina'smorethanamonthofbombardmentoftheTaiwan-controlledislandsofKinmenandMatsu,justofftheChinesecoast,whichstartedinlateAugust1958.RegisternowforFREEunlimitedaccesstoReuters.comRegister"ThisbattledefendedTaiwanforus,anditalsodeclaredtotheworldthatnothreatcanshakethedeterminationoftheTaiwanesepeopletodefendtheircountry,"Tsaisaid,incommentsreleasedbyheroffice."WhatwehavetodoistolettheenemyunderstandthatTaiwanhasthedeterminationandpreparationtodefendthecountry,aswellastheabilitytodefenditself,"sheadded."AheavypricewillbepaidforinvadingTaiwanorattemptingtoinvadeTaiwan,anditwillbestronglycondemnedbytheinternationalcommunity."MeetingearlierinthedaywithadelegationofformerU.S.officialsnowatStanfordUniversity'sHooverInstitution,includingMattPottinger,formerU.S.PresidentDonaldTrump'sdeputynationalsecurityadviser,Tsaisaidthatthe1958battlepavedthewayfortoday'sTaiwan."Sixty-fouryearsagoduringtheAug.23battle,oursoldiersandciviliansoperatedinsolidarityandsafeguardedTaiwan,sothatwehavethedemocraticTaiwantoday,"shesaid,usingtheTaiwanesetermforthatcampaign,whichendedinstalematewithChinafailingtotaketheislands.TaiwanfoughtthenwithsupportfromtheUnitedStates,whichsentmilitaryequipmentincludingadvancedSidewinderanti-aircraftmissiles,givingTaiwanatechnologicaledge.1/6Taiwan'sPresidentTsaiIng-wenvisitssoldiersatamilitarybaseinNewTaipeiCity,TaiwaninthishandoutpicturereleasedAugust23,2022.TaiwanPresidentialOffice/HandoutviaREUTERSReadMoreOftencalledtheSecondTaiwanStraitCrisis,itwasthelasttimeTaiwaneseforcesjoinedbattlewithChinaonalargescale.U.S.COMMITMENTAmongtheU.S.visitorswasJamesO.Ellis,aretiredU.S.Navyadmiralwhosaidhisdelegation'spresencereaffirmedtheAmericanpeople'scommitmenttodeepeningcooperation."ConsistentwiththeTaiwanRelationsAct,partofthiscooperationinvolvesstrengtheningTaiwan'scapabilitiesforselfdefenceaswellastheabilityoftheUnitedStatestodeterandresistanyresorttoforceacrosstheTaiwanStrait,"EllistoldTsai,referringtoaU.S.lawthatrequiresittoprovideTaiwanwiththemeanstodefenditself.TheUnitedStates,whichditchedformaldiplomaticrelationswithTaipeiinfavourofBeijingin1979,remainsTaiwan'smostimportantsourceofarms."AsTaiwanstandsonthefrontlineofauthoritarianexpansionismwecontinuetobolsterourdefenceautonomy,andwewillalsocontinuetoworkwiththeUnitedStatesonthisfront,"Tsaisaid.China'sdrillsnearTaiwanhaveposedathreattothestatusquointhestraitandacrosstheregion,anddemocraticpartnersshouldworktogetherto"defendagainstinterferencebyauthoritarianstates",sheadded.Followingthatmeeting,TsaimettwoJapaneselawmakers,andotherforeignparliamentariansarealsoexpectedtovisitthisyear,includingfromCanadaandBritain,defyingChinesepressurenottogo.Taiwan'sgovernmentsaysthatasthePeople'sRepublicofChinahasnevergovernedtheislandithasnorighttoclaimitordecideitsfuture,whichcanonlybesetbyTaiwan's23millionpeople.RegisternowforFREEunlimitedaccesstoReuters.comRegisterReportingbyBenBlanchard,SarahWuandYimouLee;EditingbyStephenCoates,RobertBirselOurStandards:TheThomsonReutersTrustPrinciples.AsiaPacificS.KoreaseekscooperationwithEUoverU.S.InflationReductionAct,articlewithimageBusiness·August25,2022·3:07AMUTCSouthKoreawillseekcooperationwiththeEuropeanUnionovertheU.S.InflationReductionActthatexcludeselectricvehicles(EVs)assembledoutsideofNorthAmericafromtaxcreditsintheUnitedStates,thecountry'sindustryministrysaidonThursday.GalleryWorldCanadasayslawmakers'TaiwantripisnopretextforChineseaggression,articlewithgalleryAugust24,2022GalleryAsiaPacificPakistanappealsforinternationalassistanceafterfloods,articlewithgalleryAugust24,2022GalleryAsiaPacificNewsmaker:ThaiPM,coup-makerandballadcomposer,dealtsetbackbysuspension,articlewithgallery12:14AMUTCGalleryAsiaPacificNajibloyalistscallforroyalpardonasMalaysia'sex-PMbeginsjailterm,articlewithgalleryAugust24,2022