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The stark warning comes as China has increased tensions with Taiwan by stepping up military activities and declaring that independence means war last week.
Taiwan has been claimed by China as one of its territories, with Beijing having deployed fighter jets and bombers into the island s airspace as recently as the weekend.
China believes Taiwan s democratically-elected government is moving the island towards a formal declaration of independence, but Taiwan s president Tsai Ing-wen has repeatedly said that the island is already an independent nation.
Despite this, China has ramped up military drills near the island in recent weeks, including deploying 15 fighter jets into Taiwan airspace twice in two days last month.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan China escalated its war-mongering towards Taiwan on Jan. 28, warning the self-ruled island that “independence means war.”
The threat was made during a monthly briefing by Wu Qian, the spokesperson for China’s Ministry of National Defense. He made the remarks while responding to a question about recent activities by China’s air force near Taiwan.
China made its largest-scale military incursion into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) over the weekend 13 military aircraft flew over Taiwan’s southwest waters on Jan. 23, and another 15 military aircraft made a similar incursion the next day.
Updated Jan 29, 2021 | 12:06 IST
Taiwan, claimed by China as its own territory, reported multiple Chinese fighter jets and bombers entering its southwestern air defence identification zone last weekend. File image | Photo Credit: AP
Beijing: China toughened its language towards Taiwan on Thursday, warning after recent stepped up military activities near the island that independence means war and that its armed forces were acting in response to provocation and foreign interference.
Taiwan, claimed by China as its own territory, reported multiple Chinese fighter jets and bombers entering its southwestern air defence identification zone last weekend, prompting Washington to urge Beijing to stop pressuring Taiwan.
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