CHINA-TAIWAN: TAIWAN REACTS TO CHINESE THREAT
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Addressing a press conference for foreign journalists on December 5, 2017, Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Minister Chang Hsiao-Yueh declared that China would “pay a very very high price” if it invaded Taiwan. She also called on the United States not to use the self-governed island as a bargaining chip in negotiations with China. She was reacting to comments by Chinese diplomat Li Kexin recently that the day American naval vessels arrive at the island’s southern port city of Kaohsiung would be the day that China’s People’s Liberation Army unifies Taiwan with military force. Urging Beijing to favor regional peace and stability over assertive behavior, she said “I think that we have enough defense to safeguard Taiwan.”She added "If they invade Taiwan militarily they will pay a very very high price. And so far I believe that’s the last resort if all the other means [of unification] are failed then finally they will do that. But at this moment, because this government exercises extreme caution not to do anything that would be considered provocative, we do not think that they will do anything like that at this time.”
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