China 'will attack Taiwan' warns Shieh Jhy-Wey
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China Taiwan, including ballistic missile launches.
This follows US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's controversial visit to the island earlier this month and a congressional delegation visiting the capital Taipei on Monday.
China has not taken such extreme measures since her 1990.
Speaking in Singapore on Tuesday, 7th Fleet Commander Carl Thomas said: Fight over this sort of thing.
"We know that the gorillas in the room are firing missiles over Taiwan."
He added:
It's irresponsible to launch into...Free shipping."
The Japan-based 7th Fleet forms part of the US Navy's Pacific operations.
The Chinese government has long considered Taiwan to be part of its sovereign territory, even though the Chinese Communist Party has never ruled Taiwan.
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Admiral Thomas has drawn attention to China building military bases on contested land in the South China Sea, which they deny.
According to AFP, he said:
"They are now fully operational military outposts with missiles, large airstrips, hangars, radars and listening stations."
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First drills held last week Later, President Xi Jinping will be deployed Monday during a parliamentary visit that confirmed further drills had taken place.
A Chinese jet claimed to have photographed Taiwan's Penghu Islands from a jet plane, but Taipei denied this. , could be one of the first places to fall if Beijing invades.
His Tung Pei-Lun of the Taiwanese Air Force told media on Tuesday: Not true. "
