When asked whether the #PLA will conduct counter-military exercises as it has in the past after Lai Ching-te claimed that #Taiwan will continue to strengthen its defense as preparing for war is best way to avoid it, Zhang Xiaogang, a spokesperson from #China's Ministry of National Defense, said on Thursday that as long as Lai's separatist acts continue, there will be no peace across the Taiwan Straits or for the compatriots in Taiwan. He warned the #DPP authorities that pursuing "Taiwan independ