Taiwan talks of military conflict if China pushes it too far
Taiwan’s foreign minister supports the Hong Kong pro-democracy protestors and says ‘Taiwan’s diplomacy shouldn’t be outsourced to China’
07 November 2019 - 13:14
Taipei — Beijing could resort to military conflict with self-ruled Taiwan to divert domestic pressure if a slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy, amid a trade war, threatens the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party, the island’s foreign minister has said.
As Taiwan’s presidential elections approach in January, China has stepped up a campaign to “re-unify” with what it considers a wayward province, wooing away the island’s few diplomatic allies and flying regular bomber patrols around it...
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