New Delhi, July 18 -- Taiwan's Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim on Friday said Taipei does not want a conflict with China and will not provoke confrontation, but warned that Beijing's "aggressive" military posturing is counterproductive.

Chinese pressure on Taiwan had escalated over the past few years, but the island's people were peace-loving, Hsiao said while talking to the media at the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents' Club in Taipei.

"We do not seek conflict; we will not provoke confrontation," she said, reiterating President Lai Ching-te's offer of talks between Taipei and Beijing.

The dispute between the two nations involves China's claim over democratic Taiwan as part of its own territory.

Beijing also called President Lai Ching-te a ...