CHINA DEFENSE MINISTER WARNS ON TAIWAN: "PLAYING WITH FIRE"

Days after Beijing condemned Taiwan’s Vice President William Lai for making stopovers in the United States calling him a “troublemaker”, China’s Defence Minister Li Shangfu on Tuesday cautioned against “playing with fire” when it comes to Taiwan, Chinese Defence Ministry reported.

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In an apparent attack at the US, Li cautioned any attempts to “use Taiwan to contain China,” and said it would “surely end in failure,” China’s defence Ministry said in a statement and Xinhua news Agency quoted.

Speaking at the Moscow Conference on International Security, Li Shangfu has said reunification of Taiwan with the mainland was “inevitable.”

“Li mentioned that the Taiwan question is China’s internal affair that brooks no external interference. “The reunification of China is an inevitable historical trend,” The Chinese Defence Ministry said in an official statement.