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| Chinese defense minister vows ‘fight to the end & at all costs’ over trade, Taiwan issues | Chinese defense minister vows ‘fight to the end & at all costs’ over trade, Taiwan issues |
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| Beijing is ready to fight to the end to protect its national interests both economically, amid the trade war with the US, and militarily, if any outside force dares to challenge One China policy and split Taiwan from the mainland. | Beijing is ready to fight to the end to protect its national interests both economically, amid the trade war with the US, and militarily, if any outside force dares to challenge One China policy and split Taiwan from the mainland. |
| The People’s Liberation Army will have no choice but to protect Taiwan at all costs should the US or any other outside force dare to split the island from the mainland, Defense Minister Wei Fenghe told the delegates of Shangri-La Dialogue security summit, a day after his American counterpart tried to muster international coalition against China’s growing might in the Indo-Pacific. | The People’s Liberation Army will have no choice but to protect Taiwan at all costs should the US or any other outside force dare to split the island from the mainland, Defense Minister Wei Fenghe told the delegates of Shangri-La Dialogue security summit, a day after his American counterpart tried to muster international coalition against China’s growing might in the Indo-Pacific. |
| "No attempts to split China will succeed," the defense chief stressed. "Any interference in the Taiwan question is doomed to failure." | |
| Stressing that China will not yield a “single inch” of its “sacred land,” the minister said that PLA serves “entirely for self-defense” purpose and will only strike back if attacked. | Stressing that China will not yield a “single inch” of its “sacred land,” the minister said that PLA serves “entirely for self-defense” purpose and will only strike back if attacked. |
| While threat of a wider conflict indeed hangs across the Pacific, Wei stressed that China and Washington are fully aware that a war would spell “disaster” for both. Beijing is firmly committed to regional peace and stability and will never pursue expansionist policies, he emphasized. | While threat of a wider conflict indeed hangs across the Pacific, Wei stressed that China and Washington are fully aware that a war would spell “disaster” for both. Beijing is firmly committed to regional peace and stability and will never pursue expansionist policies, he emphasized. |
| To alleviate the possibility of conflict, the US and Chinese militaries have agreed to engage in dialogue, while the door is always open for the US to discuss trade relations. However, if the US choses to fight –China will “fight to the end,” Wei said. | To alleviate the possibility of conflict, the US and Chinese militaries have agreed to engage in dialogue, while the door is always open for the US to discuss trade relations. However, if the US choses to fight –China will “fight to the end,” Wei said. |
| A similar message was personally delivered to acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan when the two held brief talks on Friday in Singapore on the sidelines of the summit. That, however, did not stop the Pentagon’s chief from blasting China as a regional threat during his speech on Saturday. | A similar message was personally delivered to acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan when the two held brief talks on Friday in Singapore on the sidelines of the summit. That, however, did not stop the Pentagon’s chief from blasting China as a regional threat during his speech on Saturday. |
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