Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun has declared Beijing will use force to stop Taiwanese independence during an address at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. His comments come one week after China held military drills around self-ruled Taiwan and warned of war following the inauguration of new Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te.
Beijing has declared it is ready to use force to stop Taiwan ese independence, during an address at the Shangri-La Dialogue . Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun has told a security forum in Singapore that Beijing's military is ready to "forcefully" stop Taiwan independence.
"China has maintained sufficient restraint in the face of rights infringements and provocation, but there are limits to this," Mr Dong said.National security expert Professor Rory Medcalf called it the "most pointedly intimidating speech" he had heard from a Chinese representative in the past 20 years.
"Traditionally, China has said the red line for military action against Taiwan is independence, and observers have always assumed that means that a formal declaration of independence by Taiwan would be the red line. This was the first substantive face-to-face talks in 18 months between the two countries' defence chiefs.
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