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Taiwan: China lacks ability to invade but has other options
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2024-08-30 | 04:39
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Taiwan: China lacks ability to invade but has other options
China lacks the ability to "fully" invade Taiwan as it does not have the equipment, but is bringing on line advanced new weapons and has other options to threaten Taiwan, such as inspecting foreign cargo ships, the island's defense ministry said.
China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has ramped up military and political pressure over the past five years to assert its claims, which Taipei strongly rejects.
China has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control. The government of the defeated Republic of China fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong's communists, and no peace treaty or armistice has ever been signed.
In an annual threat assessment of China sent to lawmakers on Friday, a copy of which was reviewed by Reuters, Taiwan's defense ministry said Beijing continues to hone skills such as joint command operations.
"However, the use of tactics and strategies against Taiwan is still limited by the natural geographical environment of the Taiwan Strait and insufficient landing equipment and logistic capabilities," it said.
China "is not yet fully possessed of the formal combat capabilities for a comprehensive invasion of Taiwan."
But China is speeding up development of a slew of new weapons, such as the H-20 bomber and hypersonic missiles, and beefing up the number of nuclear warheads while trialling new tactics, the ministry said.
The report said that in May when China staged war games around Taiwan shortly after Lai Ching-te took office as the new president, Chinese coast guard ships were sent for the first time on interception and inspection drills off the east coast.
China's aim with the drills was to practice cutting off communication with the outside world and blockade Taiwan, and boarding foreign cargo ships is an option China could take, short of open conflict, the ministry said.
China's defense ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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