Taipei 101 Tower, Taiwan. File photoBEJING, Aug 6In Taiwan, high-ranking military official Ouyang Lixing, who developed missiles, was found dead, according to the Central News Agency of the island. According to him, Ouyang Lixing was on a business trip in Pingtung County, where he was supposed to take part in the event. But at the appointed time, he did not appear, and at 7:20 local time, the assistant found him in the hotel room already without signs of life and immediately called the police. The police carefully examined the place of death of the official and video footage from the hotel's surveillance cameras. They did not find any signs of Ouyang Lixing's entry into the room, and there were no signs of a struggle or wounds on the body. According to family members, the 57-year-old official had heart problems. According to the agency, Ouyang Lixing was deputy head of the Zhongshan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), formerly part of the Armaments Bureau of the Taiwan Ministry of Defense. In 2014, the institute became an administrative corporation that reports directly to the island's government, and is now one of Taiwan's two main defense contractors. NCSIST develops, manufactures and sells defense technologies and weapons, and is responsible for international technology cooperation and information exchange.Both want and prick: Taiwan has become a bone of contention for the United StatesOuyang Lixing took over at the beginning of the year to lead projects in the development and production of missiles. He received his doctorate in fluid dynamics from the University of Washington and previously served in the Taiwanese armed forces, including as deputy director of the Bureau of Armaments. The reason for the growth of tension was the visit to the island of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi. She became the highest-ranking US official to visit Taiwan in the past 25 years. In response, Beijing began large-scale military exercises off the coast of the island, imposed sanctions on two Taiwanese foundations, Pelosi herself and her close relatives, and suspended negotiations with Washington on climate change issues. and cooperation in other areas, banned the export of natural sand and the import of citrus fruits and certain types of fish products from the island. All the negative consequences of Pelosi's visit are yet to come and Washington and Taipei will bear responsibility for them, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said. neck of taiwan
