TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's people should spurn China's events to commemorate the end of World War Two, including a military parade in Beijing, given Chinese "distortion" of history and threats against the island, Taipei's top China-policy maker said on Friday.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham claimed that China is actively watching the upcoming meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Favoring "deals over deterrence" will damage U.S. alliances and embolden Beijing, says Craig Singleton of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

Typhoon Podul has crossed southeastern Taiwan, where schools and government offices were closed to wait out the storm.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday that Beijing has "misinterpreted" his comments saying Manila will be inevitably drawn in to a conflict between China and Taiwan should one erupt.

The remarks came ahead of Trump’s planned talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says his country will inevitably be drawn “kicking and screaming” in any war over Taiwan due to its proximity and the presence of large numbers of Filipino workers on the self-ruled island,

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