TAIPEI - Taiwan yesterday sought to calm its war of words with Beijing after another day of jitters over China's reported plans to hold large scale military exercises on the island's doorstep.
Shunning his usual criticism of China for fuelling the tensions in the Taiwan Strait, Taiwanese President Lee Teng hui seized the occasion of the earthquake disaster in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan to sound a conciliatory note. "We are all Chinese people. We should help each other," he said.