TOKYO -- Taiwan's presidential election on Jan. 13 is just weeks away and military pressure on the island by mainland China is on the rise. Yet, conversations with residents on the self-governed island suggest that a crisis in the Taiwan Strait is not a large concern.
In mid-November, Taiwan's Defense Ministry allowed Nikkei and other Japanese news outlets to witness a military jet exercise at the Ching Chuan Kang Air Base in Taichung, near the Taiwan Strait. The drill was a simulated response to Chinese military aircraft entering Taiwanese airspace.
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