China renews threat against Taiwan as island holds military exercise

China renews threat against Taiwan as island holds military exercise
Taiwanese Mirage 2000 fighter jets taxi along a runway during a drill at an airbase in Hsinchu, Taiwan (AP)

China has renewed its threats to attack Taiwan and warned that foreign politicians who interact with the self-governing island are “playing with fire”.

A spokesperson for China’s Taiwan affairs office said Beijing has recommitted in the new year to “safeguarding sovereignty and territorial integrity” as well as “smashing plots for independence” on the self-governing democracy that separated from mainland China in 1949.

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