China leaves no doubt it will fight to crush 'Taiwan independence': China Daily


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BEIJING (China Daily/Asia News Network): Whatever they claim, that won't alter the fact that Taiwan is part of China. In his first face-to-face meeting with his US counterpart, Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe (pic) laid bare one critical issue that could make it impossible to avoid confrontation and conflict between the two militaries.

The stern tone came when he met US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Friday (June 10).

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