China will not tolerate any Taiwan independence incidents: Defence spokesman - GulfToday

China will not tolerate any Taiwan independence incidents: Defence spokesman

  • 18 Nov 2019
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A military honour guard holds a Taiwanese national flag as he attending flag-raising ceremony in Taipei. File photo/Reuters

China will not tolerate any Taiwan independence incidents, a spokesman for its defence ministry said on Monday, urging the United States to deal appropriately with the issue.

The spokesman, Wu Qian, made the comments at a news briefing following a meeting of Chinese and US military officials on the sidelines of defence talks in the Thai capital of Bangkok.

China warns of war in case of move towards Taiwan independence

The defence ministry of self-ruled Taiwan said a Chinese carrier ship passed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, tailed by US and Japanese ships. China has never ruled out the use of force to reunite what it regards as a wayward province.

Reuters

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