Taiwan Says Will Fight To The End If China Attacks

Taiwan’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that the country will fight to the end if China attacks.

Speaking to reporters at his ministry, Joseph Wu said even the United States watching developments in this region, have clearly seen the danger of the possibility of China launching an attack.

Chinese-claimed Taiwan has complained of repeated military activities by Beijing in recent months, with China’s air force making almost daily forays in Taiwan’s Air Defence identification zone.

On Monday, China said an aircraft carrier group was exercising close to the island.

Wu said they were determined to improve their military capabilities and spend more on defence, adding they would defend themselves without any questions and would fight the war to the last if necessary.

Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said at a separate event they would run eight days of computer-aided war games this month of a Chinese attack on Taiwan.

This would form the first phase of Taiwan’s largest annual war games, the Han Kuang exercises while a second phase, including live fire drills, will happen in July.

Major General Liu Yu-Ping told reporters that the drills are designed based on the toughest enemy threats, simulating all possible scenarios on an enemy invasion on Taiwan.