Taiwan warns of 'catastrophic consequences' if China tries to take island

Taiwan's president has warned of “catastrophic consequences” if China tries to take over the island, as Beijing ramps up its military harassment towards the territory.

Over the last few days, China has flown more than 150 fighter jets and bombers close to Taiwanese air space, sparking worldwide condemnation.

Beijing claims that Taiwan, which lies 110 miles east across the Taiwan Strait, is a province of China, and views its government as “separatists”.

So where could this all lead?

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[messsatsu]

China is acting the same way as Japan before they got humbled in WW2.

[TomNook.]

Love Taiwan. Really showcases how prosperous and wonderfully free a Chinese democracy can be.

[agelesskarate]

Why are they pursuing war? Makes 0 sense. Just leave Taiwan alone.

[misiekvuychik]

Comments are full of Chinese trolling bots. Taiwan ROC is a free civilized and happy country.

[theechoeffect]

Wheres the mongol empire when you need them lol

[meowlymeow]

free Tibet, free the Uyghurs, free Hong Kong, free Taiwan

[jamespatrick]

For four years all we heard was, "Trump is going to start WWIII!

[pepsee]

Ping is afraid of the real success of Taiwan! What is the main message of David and Goliath? David knew size doesn't matter, it's HEART, COURAGE, and COMMITMENT that matters. You can apply the same principle and same level of thinking to your life and the challenges you're facing. Think bigger than the challenge, be bigger than the obstacle, and act as if it's impossible for you not to fail.

[russeljohnpendon]

Taiwan is a really nice country. People are very kind and friendly. They are clean, organized, educated, and well mannered. Traits that are exact opposite of the main landers.

[jakeso]

‘China urges these three countries to abandon their Cold War mentality and zero sum game thinking.’ 😂

[theone-nmxu]

Love your neighbours for they are also human, show peace and love, however show action of negative and both will suffer

[lucis]

Please solve this dispute diplomatically. We are all human.

[neliasparks]

China is doing this kind of harassment in the Philippines. They even called Manila as a city of China.

[marcafterdark]

I think world war 3 is coming 🤣😂 this is how Hitler did his land grabs

[annazymon]

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[songkranlife]

I think we need a war for all the YouTube commentators to end the debate.

[Zoe-ibqj]

Why can’t people move on and just live well along with others. Respect is the key. Peace is more important. Please think about other people who just want to live in a beautiful and war free world. What makes a person happy? Is doing this makes 1 happy? Wow! I hope they can think better with a heart! Peace ✌️

[rayfleming]

Is China really ready to have it's foreign held assets frozen, foreign banking transactions halted, foreign travel restricted, all imports and exports halted, and its fishing fleet limited to it's coastal waters? They are the world's low budget copy machine, so they don't have much leverage.

[agathisraine]

Where's Jin Sakai through all this

[nilebaker]

BOOM... BOOM... BOOM... The drums of war are pounding. 😔