Source: Reuters
“China will never commit to renouncing the use of force over Taiwan, the government in Beijing said on Wednesday after another bout of war games and a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to the scene of a famous defeat for Taiwanese forces. China, which [pretends Taiwan is] its own territory, staged a day of large-scale drills around the island on Monday that it said were a warning to ‘separatist acts’ following last week’s national day speech by Taiwan President Lai Ching-te. … Chinese state media reported on Wednesday that President Xi had arrived the previous day on Dongshan island in China’s Fujian province, which faces Taiwan and where in 1953 China beat off an invasion attempt by Taiwan-based military. The defeated Republic of China government fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong’s communists. No armistice or peace treaty has ever been signed.” (10/16/24)