Top security officials in Taiwan say China is likely to use President Lai Ching-te's National Day speech on October 10th as a pretext to hold military exercises.
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00:00Security officials in Taiwan say China is likely to use President Lai Qingde's National Day speech this week as a pretext to hold military exercises.
00:10Senior officials say that regardless of what Lai says on October 10, Beijing is likely to blame possible drills on Taiwan's president, who they view as a separatist.
00:20In May, China staged a mock blockade of Taiwan shortly after Lai's inauguration, dubbed Joint Sword 2024A.
00:28Taipei is watching for a possible Part D later this week.