16 December 2016

News Story: China to make ‘use of force as a main option’

China should plan to take Taiwan by ‘force’ and make swift preparations for a military incursion. The Global times, a Communist party-controlled newspaper on Thursday has said.

Previously, US president-elect Donald Trump broke decades of diplomatic protocol in the region by speaking directly with Taiwan’s president, the first such contact since 1979.

The newspaper said China should rebalance its stance towards Taiwan to “make the use of force as a main option and carefully prepare for it”.

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