![]() In 2019, Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Taiwan to embrace “peaceful reunification” with mainland China, but refused to rule out the use of force. However, Beijing continues to view Taiwan as an inseparable part of its territory even though the Chinese Communist Party has never governed the democratic island of around 24 million people. Taiwan and mainland China have been governed separately since the end of a civil war more than seven decades ago, in which the defeated Nationalists fled to Taipei. Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu has accused China of conducting hybrid warfare. ![]() If they continue to say that they want to pursue me for the rest of my life, I’m not really concerned about that,” he said. In response, Wu told CNN he is “honored” to be targeted by Communist authorities in Beijing. “Joseph Wu has repeatedly and arrogantly provoked ‘Taiwan independence’ … we will take all necessary measures to severely punish such ‘Taiwan independence’ diehards for life in accordance with the law.” ![]() “Stopping ‘Taiwan independence’ is the necessary condition for maintaining peaceful cross-strait relations,” said Zhu Fenglian, a spokeswoman for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office. Wu, who has served as minister of foreign affairs since 2018, was accused by Beijing in May of being a “diehard separatist” after remarks he made during a news conference that Taiwan would fight “to the very last day” if attacked by China. “When the Chinese government is saying they would not renounce the use of force, and they conduct military exercises around Taiwan, we would rather believe that it is real.” “As Taiwan decision makers, we cannot take any chances, we have to be prepared,” Wu told CNN in Taipei on Wednesday. ![]() The incursion – by 28 Chinese warplanes including fighter jets and bombers – did not violate Taiwanese sovereign airspace or international law, but it was seen as show of strength by China’s People’s Liberation Army. His warning came one week after the island reported the largest daily incursion by Chinese military planes into Taiwan’s self-declared Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). China’s escalating military intimidation of Taiwan shows the self-governed island “ needs to prepare” for a possible military conflict, Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said in an exclusive interview with CNN. ![]()
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