BEIJING - China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent, one of the country’s most senior generals said on Friday, a rhetorical escalation from China aimed at the democratic island Beijing claims as its own.
The 2005 law gives the country the legal basis for military action against Taiwan if it secedes or seems about to, making the narrow Taiwan Strait a potential military flashpoint. Although China has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control, it is rare for a top, serving military officer to so explicitly make the threat in a public setting. The comments are especially striking amid international opprobrium against China for new national security legislation for Chinese-run Hong Kong.
Li Zhanshu, the third-most-senior leader of China’s ruling Communist Party and head of China’s parliament, told the same event that non-peaceful means were an option of last resort. Taiwan has shown no interest in being run by autocratic China. It has denounced China’s repeated military drills near the island and rejected China’s offer of a “one country, two systems” model of a high degree of autonomy.
Call it a ‘country’ is a blunt way to show your disgusting western political bias and propaganda. Since when does your ‘independent’ news agency start working for the US government? Oh nvm... it’s been like this forever. We know, but we are usually too disgusted to bother
missionisgreat The CCP have been saying that for 70years👻
毛沢東は、チベット、新疆(トルキスタン)、内モンゴルを侵略し弾圧している。 ブータンとかミャンマーは少しづつ国境線を侵食している。 台湾武力攻撃は脅しではない、実際行うだろう。それが第三次世界大戦となる可能性は大きい。中国 VS 他のすべての世界
CCP shamelessly fools the world and the spineless UN tolerates it. Taiwan is not China. Qing dynasty is a Manchu-dynasty, Han Chinese vowed to overthrow the 'Tatar barbarians'. Why CCP thinks it should inherit all the territories conquered by Qing instead of liberation?
CCP's 'big' s!ave army was destr0yed by Vietnam. They will revolt the 1st moment. Local chinese will hunt 'em once the world stops doing business with them. People will revolt when China's army is busy in Hong Kong and at border. CCP's end is coming!
haha so primitive ideology. in a modern world where people treasure freedom - does china's ccp really believe taiwan will give up its independence? will the rest of the world just watch it with pleasure if china attacks taiwan? 'careful ccp
Was Taiwan once in last 100 years depending from PRC? The State today on the island Taiwan was foundet 1912, but the state called Peoples Republic of China just 1949... what an affront
Réveil du nazi
China in its present form is a threat to the free world
Taiwan is a part of China!
Choice of words exposes Reuters bias: when you punch police, you 'attack' police, when police arrests you, police 'subdues' you with force.
Javariabeenish
Don’t shout! Just go for it.
China is becoming unusually belligerent.
Same type of bully BS rhetoric tactics done by German Nazis and Japanese imperialist thugs.
And the Chinese stooge puppets on social media shouting out how great China, CCP, military and Chinese people are...its just well, see they are only misunderstood. Bad actors putting on same bad communist play since 1949 when they became a communist state.
Correction: Taiwan is a part of China. Not a country. Please correct ! A country is also presumed to be independent, if you say it becomes independent, then it is NOT a country now!
Taiwan needs nukes.
Man tensions are really escalating... We also have a president incapable of de-escalating them...
Good people of Taiwan, arm yourselves. If already armed, double your ammunition supply. I advise the same for good freedom loving citizens of large American cities.
Arguably, the only time Taiwan was part of the state of Han China was 1945 to 1949. When Koxinga took it from the Dutch, the Ming had already fallen to the Manchus. Then it was part of the Manchurian state, then Japan, and then Han China for less than four years.
missionisgreat potus BermanLawGroup TrumpWarRoom BorisJohnson Plaid_Putin PMOIndia SkyNewsAust RSSorg WIONews blue61938133 myogiadityanath TigerRajaSingh ShivSena Outrageous. Taiwan should be allowed to become independent or a state of USA.
Hurry up CCP.
realDonaldTrump Trust me, Trump won’t help them when the time comes.
Taiwan is not a country. It belongs to China in history.
LOL it’s already independent!
legit
Jingping is thinking himself God... But time will tell I am sure that China will pay the biggest price for its expansionist spirit..
Dangerous times
Unbelieveable. 👎
The world has created the next bunch of Nazis! It’s high time the world stopped buying Chinese stuff and made this police state a pariah state till it’s people got rid of these Commies for good!
Words , don’t come easy
'I will beat and rape you if you try to leave me.'
Its already independent. Duh.
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China's underestimating the World's resolve... That should be a warning to Xi...
Showdown
I would STRONGLY advise doing that, and I’ll leave it at that.
Well because Taiwan is part of China
YewLunTian Taiwan has been independant from the Chines communist party since its inception...
YewLunTian Bullshit, they threaten for 70 years, just saliva, no action.
YewLunTian If Scotland gets independent, will you applaud for it?
fiteray YewLunTian BoycottChina BoycottChineseProducts
YewLunTian They already say it for 70year...
YewLunTian POTUS what say you? In the past the US vowed to protect Taiwan’s independence.
YewLunTian China is not 'attack Taiwan', is' End Taiwan's separation. '
YewLunTian I thought Taiwan was already independent. Besides, first there was capitalist China, and later communist China , where the remains of Tjang Kai Check went to Taiwan. So infact Taiwan is the original China and communist China the copy. Hopefully the army of Taiwan is strong
YewLunTian Taiwan is a part of China. The civil War doesn't stop. Continuing.....
YewLunTian
YewLunTian Please stop China’s imperialism. It will invade other countries one by one.
YewLunTian ChinaIsCoward
YewLunTian When all media outlets start spewing this story up, then I take notice! Other than that, its news
YewLunTian The world is with Taiwan. CCP want to attack?
YewLunTian Taiwan 🇹🇼 has always been a country known as Republic of China. Mainland & HK are all territories of ROC founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, founding father of New China but currently illegally occupied & misrepresented by the commie bandits rogue regime known as CCP.
YewLunTian CCP will attack ROC by the war of spitting to have it drowned.
YewLunTian 双手赞成，后面那一群小鬼子支持的傀儡政权该灭了
YewLunTian Time to nuke the Communist Party.
YewLunTian Taiwan will attack China if there is no other way stopping it from follow communism. I thing sure it!
YewLunTian
YewLunTian Both india and US come in between and teach PLA army and CCPChina a very good lesson. Taiwan is a independent country with no relation with china.
YewLunTian 次は日本かも。
YewLunTian Too bad the United States has squandered any diplomatic say it might have had in the matter.
YewLunTian When death comes the fox runs to the village ।
YewLunTian RIP_CCP globaltimesnews RIP_CHINA india respect indepdency of other country like sri lanka,banhladesh,pakistan even CCP... CCP will start game and other country will finish well the game..
YewLunTian I guess China wants an Asian war and if they lose, the victor will make sure they never rise militarily again.
YewLunTian Its already independent
YewLunTian UN UNSCO_MEPP what is this
YewLunTian No one stopped Hitler in the 1930’s as he started to flex his muscles. We know how that ended up
YewLunTian STOP talking trash！
YewLunTian Taiwan will never be a part of China. We do not need to declare independence. We are already an sovereign independent and country. The cost of invading Taiwan will be enormous.👊👊👊
YewLunTian Chinazi CCP_is_terrorist
YewLunTian POTUS EU_Commission UN Whole world is not impotent,just try it, Taiwanese will make your teeth sour and world NATO US Japan India Australia Indonesia Malaysia will be with Taiwan and Hong Kong
YewLunTian Enough of the useless threats. Bring it on already MFKs
YewLunTian Now the PRC is showing its true colours at last.
YewLunTian It is time for the legitimate Chinese government in Taiwan, with the support of the forces of the international coalition, to free all of mainland China from the Communists!
YewLunTian Someone is trying to increase their importance too much. Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor
YewLunTian Good news
YewLunTian China is behaving like a bully, threatening Taiwan and HongKong! They have been autonomous for a long time and why upset the world order! All to do with their EGO! Imagine those people living in peace in these two places! Not a pretty prospect, with thuggish China looming large!
YewLunTian Aircraft carrier Nimitz in a strait near Taiwan does not bother them?
YewLunTian No they won't. They haven't even taken care of HK. 🙄
YewLunTian Even if the world is fighting Chinese Virus pandemic.....these f****** Chinese Communist have no work other than capturing territories and disturbing other nations. StandWithHongKong FreeTibet FreeTaiwan ChineseVirus
BryanChi6 YewLunTian To be honest, CCP government and Taiwan are still under war condition. And Taiwan was found earlier than CCP China, how come CCP ChiNa can claimed that Taiwan is split up from CCP China？
YewLunTian Stupidity. The US navy would whipe the floor with them.
YewLunTian China is so bad
YewLunTian What do they mean reunification? China has no claim-never in Taiwan’s history has it ever been under communist rule. It’s purely a land Plunder grab. Taiwan is the sovereign independent country, Taiwan is not China's territory. TAIWAN is TAIWAN. Democratic & sovereign.👊
YewLunTian The world needs Rambos' to beat the hell out of those making open threats. Lawless generals violating global order and making threats against nations, should be called out as potential attacks and responded to without leniency. Next time may be too late.
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