“Beijing to be Fully Prepared to Attack Taiwan by 2025”

China will be fully prepared to forcefully resolve its dispute with Taipei by 2025 said Taiwanese Defence Minister Qiu Guozheng even as Prime Minister Tsai said her country will do whatever it takes to prevent such a happening.

The Chinese government considers Taiwan a breakaway province which it says it will seize by force if necessary, a development that worries the island nation.

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen claimed in a Foreign Affairs article on Tuesday that China has not given up its ambition of annexing Taiwan. She warned that after many years of double-digit investment in its military and expansionist behavior in the Taiwan Strait, China is “replacing its commitment to a peaceful resolution with an aggressive posture.” Tsai added there would be “catastrophic” consequences for peace and democracy in Asia if the island were to fall to China.