Taiwan prepared ‘for all moves’ by China while President Tsai is abroad

Tsai Ing-wen will visit allies Guatemala and Belize next week, and stopover in the US, after Honduras said it would establish official relations' with China

Taiwan's defence ministry has contingency plans for any moves by China during Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's visit to the US and Central America, deputy defence minister Po Horng-huei has said ahead of Tsai's departure next week.

China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, carried out large-scale, live-fire war games around the island last August after a visit to Taipei by then-US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.