China threatens Defense Secretary with WAR: Minister tells Lloyd Austin that Beijing will ‘smash to smithereens any Taiwan independence plot’ and will ‘definitely not hesitate to start a war no matter the cost’

– China threatens Defense Secretary with WAR: Minister tells Lloyd Austin that Beijing will ‘smash to smithereens any Taiwan independence plot’ and will ‘definitely not hesitate to start a war no matter the cost’:

• Def Sec Lloyd Austin met with his Chinese counterpart who said China was prepared to ‘go to war’ in order to keep Taiwan from becoming independent
• Austin and China’s Minister of National Defense General Wei Fenghe met for the first time face-to-face on Friday amid the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore
• ‘If anyone dares to split Taiwan from China, the Chinese army will definitely not hesitate to start a war no matter the cost,’ the Chinese Defense Sec stated 
• Austin shared his concerns about China’s recent behavior and military activity around the self-governing island
• Austin noted a ‘steady increase in provocative and destabilizing military activity near Taiwan,’ including almost daily military flights near the island by the PRC’

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