Taiwan does not seek conflict with China and will not provoke confrontation, but Beijing's "aggressive" military posturing is counterproductive, Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim said on Friday. China considers democratic Taiwan as part of its own territory and calls President Lai Ching-te a "separatist".

Taiwan’s Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim said Chinese pressure on Taiwan had escalated over the past few years but that the island's people were peace-loving.