TAIPEI, Taiwan: Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen said they were not worried over Beijing’s war drills and frequent deployment of battleships in Taiwan Straits because the island had been “aggressively promoting indigenous national defense” with help from United States arms sales.

 A handout photo taken and released from the Taiwan Presidential Office on December 31 shows Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen speaking during a press conference in Taipei. 

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