China will “not hesitate to start a war” if Taiwan declares their independence, a Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman assured on Friday after a meeting between the Chinese minister and his American counterpart in Singapore .
If anyone dares to separate Taiwan from China, the Chinese military will not hesitate to start a war, whatever the cost.said Wu Qian, reporting on Defense Minister Wei Fenghe’s statements at a meeting with American Lloyd Austin.
At a meeting in Singapore, on the sideline of the security forum Dialogue by Shangri LaU.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe that Beijing should steer clear any new destabilizing action against the island of Taiwan, the Pentagon said.
According to the Chinese Ministry of Defense, Beijing crushed into a thousand pieces any attempt at independence.
France Media Agency
Source: Radio-Canada
