Arms won’t stop unification with Taiwan, warns China

‘China’s Defense Ministry says Taiwan is wrong to think it could use weapons to prevent unification as Washington is considering fresh sales of advanced weaponry to the self-ruled island.
“Separatist Taiwan independence forces and their activities are the greatest threat to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait,” Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian told a monthly news briefing in Beijing on Thursday.
“It is futile to ‘use weapons to refuse unification’, and is doomed to have no way out,” he added.
The remarks come as the administration of US President Donald Trump is crafting a big new arms package for Taiwan that could include advanced rocket systems and anti-ship missiles.’
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