China

As PLA threat grows, Taiwan’s bid to boost defence ‘may lead to conflict’




Taiwan is boosting defence in the face of growing pressure from Beijing, a move mainland Chinese analysts say could worsen tensions across the strait.The self-ruled island lives with the threat of invasion by Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its own territory to be taken back – by force if necessary.It has stepped up military intimidation of Taiwan, sending a record number of Chinese fighter jets and bombers into the island’s air defence zone last year – and doing so on an almost daily basis…



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