WW3 fears mount as China issues CHILLING THREAT to Taiwan - DAILY NEWS

WW3 fears mount as China issues CHILLING THREAT
to Taiwan CHINA said it will never tolerate Taiwanese
independence that has prompted fears an all-out invasion is imminent. The chilling threat was made by Premier Li
Keqiang as top Chinese officials met in Beijing for the annual meeting of parliament on Monday. China has been infuriated over plans made
by the US to strengthen ties between Washington and Taipei. The plans would allow Taiwan bosses to enter
the US under respectful conditions and meet their American counterparts.

Officials had already told Taiwan on Friday
the country would only get burnt if they relied on the US, adding to the warnings from state
media about the risk of war. Li said that China will promote the peaceful
growth of relations across the Taiwan Strait and advance Chinas peaceful reunification. He continued: We will remain firm in safeguarding
Chinas sovereignty and territorial integrity and will never tolerate any separatist schemes
or activities for Taiwan independence. Chinas hostility towards Taiwan has risen
since the election to president of Tsai Ing-wen from the pro-independence Democratic Progressive
Party in 2016.

Beijing considers democratic Taiwan to be
a wayward province and integral part of one China, ineligible for state-to-state relations
and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control. The alarming statement comes just days after
Beijing flexed its military might. In February, Chinese state media published
footage of the DF-10 weapons being fired from ground-based launchers. The weapons have a range of up to 930 miles,
which puts the weapons in reach of US military bases in South Korea and on the Japanese island
of Okinawa..