China has released a cartoon depicting Taiwan's president as a parasite held by chopsticks to be cooked over a fire - as Beijing's armed forces have surrounded the island in a show of strength.

China has depicted Taiwan’s president as a cartoon bug while launching large-scale military exercises around the island to “serve as a stern warning and powerful deterrent” against its ...

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command on Tuesday started joint exercises around Taiwan ... that the cartoon reveals how Lai uses the name of "Republic of China ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations ... titled Shell. The cartoon depicts President Lai Ching-te as a "parasite poisoning Taiwan ...

Announcing the joint exercises, China's eastern theatre command depicted the president as a cartoon bug held by a pair of chopsticks above a burning Taiwan. "Parasite poisoning Taiwan island.

The Taiwanese government condemned the exercises, in which Chinese army, navy, air and rocket forces closed in on waters to the north, south and east of Taiwan, according to China’s People’s ...