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full screen A vendor shows support for the ruling DPP party and its presidential candidate Lai Ching-Te by selling pastries with the party’s campaign slogans. Photo: Ng Han Guan/AP/TT
The Chinese military promises to crush attempts to work for an independent Taiwan. The statement comes a day before the election on the democratic island.
China believes that Taiwan should be incorporated into the People’s Republic.
”The Chinese People’s Liberation Army maintains high vigilance at all times and will take all necessary measures to firmly crush attempts at an ‘independent Taiwan’ in all forms,” Defense Ministry spokesman Zhang Xiaogang said in a statement.
He accuses Taiwan’s ruling DPP party of bringing the island toward “dangerous war conditions” by buying weapons from the United States.
Saturday’s election on the strategically and economically important island is being followed with great interest by the outside world as the election result will have a major impact on Taiwan’s relationship with China.