TAIWAN has warned it is ready for war amid fears China is planning an invasion as it carries out new military drills.
Express
Date: Dec 28, 2017
By: Mark Chnadler
Beijing’s communist leaders have never renounced their claim that the island is China’s
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Taiwan has warned about China’s military drills
territory and have not ruled out the use of force.
And Beijing has taken an increasing hostile stance since President Tsai Ing-wen, from the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party, won Taiwan’s elections last year.
It suspects Tsai of pushing for formal independence, a red line for China, and has held 16 rounds of military exercises close to Taiwan over the past year.
Tsai has now warned the drills are leading to mounting instability and Beijing’s military threat is growing by the day.
The president said Taiwan wanted peace but could “not have a single day without combat preparedness” and would fiercely defend the state’s security and way of life.
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