Beijing Ratchets Up Threats Against Free China, Pointing to Fears of Formal Independence Declaration by Island Democracy
‘The core root of the problem is Taiwan independence separatist forces,’ a colonel in the communist People’s Liberation Army observes.
Fears that the Republic of China on Taiwan will declare formal independence as a nation separate from Communist China are provoking fresh threats from the mainland along with constant military pressure.
A senior Chinese colonel, Zhao Xiaozhuo, offered that rationale for Chinese forces to invade the island when he called on Chinese state TV for removal of “the tumor” of the Taiwan independence movement with “the scalpel” of a surgeon.
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