KINMEN, Taiwan — Taiwanese must 'unite as one' against the threat from China, Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te said Friday, as the island marked the 66th anniversary of a deadly Chinese artillery attack.
KINMEN, Taiwan — Taiwan ese must 'unite as one' against the threat from China, Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te said Friday, as the island marked the 66th anniversary of a deadly Chinese artillery attack.Beijing claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control.
China's People's Liberation Army fired 470,000 shells at Kinmen and nearby islets in 1958, killing 618 servicemen and civilians in an attack that lasted 44 days.'At present, the threat Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu face from China is no less than previous years,' he said, referring to three outlying island chains under Taipei's control.'If we want to resist the threat from China in the future, we must unite as one...
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