Military activity near Taiwan aimed to stop independence move: China

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<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='An H-6 bomber of Chinese PLA Air Force flies near a Taiwan F-16 in this February 10, 2020 handout photo provided by Taiwan Ministry of National Defense. Taiwan Ministry of National Defense/Handout via Reuters/File' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/reuters/02/11/20200210-taiwan-china-defense.jpg' ><figcaption>An H-6 bomber of Chinese PLA Air Force flies near a Taiwan F-16 in this February 10, 2020 handout photo provided by Taiwan Ministry of National Defense. Taiwan Ministry of National Defense/Handout via Reuters/File</figcaption></figure></div><p><br/>BEIJING - China's office handling Taiwan affairs said Wednesday that recent Chinese military activity near the self-ruled island is aimed at "preventing Taiwan's independence activity and interference from external forces."</p><p>A spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Chinese government's State Council made the remarks at a news conference days after Chinese warplanes entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone on a number of occasions.</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/05/21/china-sends-56-jets-into-taiwan-defense-zone'>China sends 56 jets into Taiwan defense zone in another record incursion</a></li></ul><p>The remarks suggest the Chinese military move, which has led the United States to express concerns, was partially in response to a recent joint military exercise in waters near Taiwan that involved the United States, Japan and Britain.</p><p>The spokesman, Ma Xiaoguang, leveled criticism at Taiwan's independence-leaning ruling Democratic Progressive Party and its "collusion with external forces," and justified the Chinese military activity as designed to "protect the sovereignty and territory of the state."</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/07/21/taiwan-seeks-support-after-china-incursions'>Taiwan seeks international support after China incursions</a></li></ul><p>China regards Taiwan as a renegade province awaiting reunification, by force if necessary. Taiwan and mainland China have been separately governed since they split as a result of a civil war in 1949.</p><p><br/>RELATED VIDEO</p><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe height='315' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/AUzScMdHU3A?enablejsapi=1' width='560'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more in <a href='//www.iwantv.com.ph/'>iWantv</a> or <a href='//tfc.tv/'>TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>The remarks suggest the Chinese military move, which has led the United States to express concerns, was partially in response to a recent joint military exercise in waters near Taiwan that involved the United States, Japan and Britain.</p><p>The spokesman, Ma Xiaoguang, leveled criticism at Taiwan's independence-leaning ruling Democratic Progressive Party and its "collusion with external forces," and justified the Chinese military activity as designed to "protect the sovereignty and territory of the state."</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/07/21/taiwan-seeks-support-after-china-incursions'>Taiwan seeks international support after China incursions</a></li></ul><p>China regards Taiwan as a renegade province awaiting reunification, by force if necessary. Taiwan and mainland China have been separately governed since they split as a result of a civil war in 1949.</p><p><br>RELATED VIDEO</p><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe height='315' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/AUzScMdHU3A?enablejsapi=1' width='560'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more in <a href='//www.iwantv.com.ph/'>iWantv</a> or <a href='//tfc.tv/'>TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>A spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Chinese government's State Council made the remarks at a news conference days after Chinese warplanes entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone on a number of occasions.</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/05/21/china-sends-56-jets-into-taiwan-defense-zone'>China sends 56 jets into Taiwan defense zone in another record incursion</a></li></ul>

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='An H-6 bomber of Chinese PLA Air Force flies near a Taiwan F-16 in this February 10, 2020 handout photo provided by Taiwan Ministry of National Defense. Taiwan Ministry of National Defense/Handout via Reuters/File' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/reuters/02/11/20200210-taiwan-china-defense.jpg' ><figcaption>An H-6 bomber of Chinese PLA Air Force flies near a Taiwan F-16 in this February 10, 2020 handout photo provided by Taiwan Ministry of National Defense. Taiwan Ministry of National Defense/Handout via Reuters/File</figcaption></figure></div><p><br>BEIJING - China's office handling Taiwan affairs said Wednesday that recent Chinese military activity near the self-ruled island is aimed at "preventing Taiwan's independence activity and interference from external forces."</p>

China regards Taiwan as a renegade province awaiting reunification, by force if necessary.

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