The Washington Post
Date: October 2, 2017
By: Ralph Jennings | AP

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Police are looking for a final suspect involved in clashes at a

In this Sept. 24, 2017 photo, mainland Chinese singer Li Wa sings on stage as a Taiwanese pro-independence protester holds up a banner calling for Taiwan Independence during a Chinese-organized concert at the National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwanese police are looking for a final suspect involved in clashes at the Chinese-organized concert in Taipei between Taiwanese pro-independence protesters and Beijing supporters that’s revealed divisions over China’s influence on the self-ruled island. (Associated Press)

Chinese-organized concert in Taipei between Taiwanese pro-independence protesters and Beijing supporters that revealed divisions over China’s influence on the self-ruled island.

Beijing insists that Taiwan and the Chinese mainland are part of a single Chinese nation and has vowed to take control of the island by force if necessary. It has been stepping up economic and diplomatic pressure on Taiwan’s government over President Tsai Ing-wen’s refusal to endorse Beijing’s view that both sides belong to “one China.”

The clashes, which injured five at a concert in Taipei, were the latest example of rising tensions. Ties have frayed over Chinese military movements near Taiwan, slowing Chinese tourism to the island and the trial of a Taiwanese activist in China on vaguely defined charges of subversion.    [FULL  STORY]