BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday that recent military activities in the Taiwan Strait were a response to interference by foreign forces and provocations by forces supporting Taiwan’s independence and that “independence means war”.
Ministry spokesman Wu Qian made the comments at a monthly news briefing in response to a question about recent stepped up Chinese military activity reported by Taiwan in the island’s air defence identification zone.
(Reporting by Tony Munroe, writing by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
