China vows 'fight to the end' if Taiwan makes independence move

SINGAPORE, 14 June 2022, (TON): China will fight to the very end to stop Taiwanese independence, the country’s defence minister vowed, stoking already soaring tensions with the United States over the island.

The superpowers are locked in a growing war of words over the self-ruled, democratic island, which Beijing views as part of its territory awaiting reunification.

Frequent Chinese aircraft incursions near Taiwan have raised the diplomatic temperature, and US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin accused Beijing of destabilising military activity, in a speech to the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit.

Defence Minister Wei Fenghe hit back in a fiery address at the same event, saying Beijing had no choice but to fight if attempts are made to separate Taiwan from China.

He told the summit “we will fight at all cost, and we will fight to the very end.”

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