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Wires-Taiwan Military Vows Counter-Attack If China Enters Territory

TAIWAN

Wires carrying commentsstating that Taiwan has vowed a 'counter-attack' if Chinese forces enter its territory.

  • Comes a day after warning shots were fired at a drone entering the airspace over an offshore Taiwanese island. Taiwanese authorities claim the drone then turned towards Chinese mainland.
  • Chinese Communist Party due to hold its five-yearly national congress on 16 October, with President Xi Jinping seen as very likely to gain an unorthodox third term in office. Tensions between Beijing and Taipei could continue at their current escalated state in the run-up to the congress.

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