China will not give up using force in Taiwan, but it would be aimed at external interference and a small group of separatists, China said Taiwan Affairs Office, quoted by Reuters.
China, which claims democratically-ruled Taiwan as its territory, held a large-scale military exercise around the island on Monday. Beijing said it was a warning against "separatist acts," after Taiwanese President William Lai said last week it was "impossible" The People's Republic of China to become Taiwan's homeland, as Taiwan has older political roots”.
"We are pursuing the prospect of peaceful reunification most sincerely and with the utmost diligence," said Chen Binghua, a spokesman for China's Taiwan Affairs Office. "However, we will never undertake to refrain from the use of force," he noted, adding that it would be aimed at the intervention of "external forces". and a very small group of separatists, not to the vast majority of the Taiwanese people.
Earlier today, Director General of Taiwan's National Security Service Tsai Mingyen told reporters that China's exercises had backfired given the condemning reaction of the international community and especially Washington.
"The military exercises of the Chinese Communists had a negative effect because they made the international community support Taiwan," he stressed.